Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (R) visits Cantagallo, an indigenous Shipibo-Konibo community, in Lima, Peru December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo
LIMA (Reuters) - The centrist government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said Friday that it has rejected a new request to free imprisoned former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori filed by a supporter because it did not meet basic requirements.
Justice Minister Marisol Perez Tello said the paperwork reached the government early this month but was declared inadmissible days ago because it lacked the signature of Fujimori or one of his relatives.
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