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—————– header ends —————- C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001406 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/11/2016 TAGS: PGOV, PINR, PE SUBJECT: FUJIMORISTAS DELIGHTED WITH ELECTION RESULTS AND LOOKING TO DEAL WITH APRA, BUT KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN TO HUMALA REF: 05 LIMA 5396 Classified By: Political Counselor Alexander Margulies. Reason: 1.4(d) . 1. (C) Jaime Yoshiyama, former Minister and President of Congress under Alberto Fujimori and top advisor to Santiago Fujimori, Alberto’s brother and the Fujimorista Alliance for the Future (AF) party’s candidate for First Vice President and Congress, was jubilant over the election results during a 4/11 breakfast with Polcouns. Yoshiyama said that the AF expected to win at least 15 seats in the new legislature, which would give it bargaining power with the two candidates in the second-round run-off to exchange AF’s support in return for «guarantees» that Fujimori and former officials of his regime would receive «just treatment.» 2. (C) According to Yoshiyama: — Alberto Fujimori has communicated from his detention in Chile that he is «very pleased» with the election results. — In addition to AF’s strong showing in the congressional races, the Fujimoristas were delighted to see that their principle political enemies, Fernando Olivera’s Independent Moralizing Front (FIM) party and Valentin Paniagua’s Centrist Front, did so poorly (the FIM does not look like it will qualify for congressional representation, while Paniagua is on track to receive less than six percent of the vote and the Centrist Front legislative slate no more than a handful seats). — AF will also have a highly competent legislative bloc, headed Keiko Fujimori (Alberto’s daughter and former First Lady), with the brains supplied by Santiago Fujimori, former Congress President Martha Hildebrandt, and Alberto Fujimori’s lawyer, Rolando Sousa. — Santiago Fujimori will request permission to depart the country (he is being tried on corruption charges) to visit his brother and seek specific guidance on how AF should conduct its negotiations with the two candidates in the second-round presidential run-off vote, whom the Fujimoristas expect will be Union por el Peru’s Ollanta Humala and APRA’s Alan Garcia. — The Fujimoristas currently plan to negotiate principally with APRA, whose leaders they view as capable and responsible, as well as people with whom they feel they can «do business.» — The Fujimoristas will also keep the door open to Humala, both as an incentive for APRA to negotiate in good faith, and as an insurance policy. While the Fujimoristas question the UPP candidate’s economic policies and ability to govern, they do not/not demonize him. 3. (C) COMMENT: The election results to date are everything the Fujimoristas hoped for (Reftel): a significant congressional bloc (at least the fourth largest in the next legislature), the most voted for congressional candidate (Keiko Fujimori), affirmation of large popular support for Alberto Fujimori, and the defeat of their most inveterate political opponents. While Yoshiyama stated that the Fujimoristas would prefer to swing a deal with Alan Garcia for the second round, he was also clear that they are prepared to talk turkey with Humala should the negotiations with APRA prove unproductive. END COMMENT. POWERS =======================CABLE ENDS============================ |