2008.02.04: February 4, 2008: Headlines: Figures: Staff: COS - Peru: Politics: Prensa Latina: Alejandro Toledo supports accusations of judicial harassment against opposition politicians
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2008.02.04: February 4, 2008: Headlines: Figures: Staff: COS - Peru: Politics: Prensa Latina: Alejandro Toledo supports accusations of judicial harassment against opposition politicians
Alejandro Toledo supports accusations of judicial harassment against opposition politicians
Toledo, who arrived on the weekend from the US, where he is residing, has also been the object of legal imputations, and urged the government to stop harassing political leaders and potential candidates for the 2011 elections. Alejandro Toledo grew up in Chimbote and was befriended by Peace Corps Volunteers who helped him study in the United States. Later he was a language instructor in Brockport's Peace Corps/College Degree Program. Elected President of Peru in 2000, Toledo invited the Peace Corps to return to Peru after a 27 year absence. He is presently a visiting Fellow at Stanford University.
Alejandro Toledo supports accusations of judicial harassment against opposition politicians
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Lima, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo supports accusations of judicial harassment against opposition politicians made by PNP (Nationalist Party) leader Ollanta Humala, for whom the attorney general is asking a 15-year sentence.
Toledo, who arrived on the weekend from the US, where he is residing, has also been the object of legal imputations, and urged the government to stop harassing political leaders and potential candidates for the 2011 elections.
He also pronounced against the proposed 15-year sentence and exile for Humala, and added he respects him despite their huge disagreements.
In the meantime, the PNP leader sustained his denunciation that the government is resorting to judicial harassment because it wants to eliminate the opposition.
Leaders of the PNP and PP (Peru Possible), the party of Toledo, expressed their common will that Humala and Toledo meet to strengthen the opposition and counteract political persecution against opposition leaders.
The accusation against Humala last Friday led to a manifestation of leftist parties and organizations of workers and farmers in solidarity with the accused.
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