Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori leaves the clinic where he was transferred to from his prison in Lima, Peru, March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Janine Costa/File Photo
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Thursday that it was time to evaluate pardoning the country's imprisoned former leader Alberto Fujimori, an apparent bid to placate the powerful opposition party led by Fujimori's daughter.
The remarks came a day after Fujimori's supporters in Congress delivered their biggest blow yet to Kuczynski in his year in office by ousting his finance minister and targeting his interior minister for a potential censure.
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