Alberto Fujimori, 85, has made it clear that he is not willing to give up his leading role in the Peruvian political scene. He was released from prison on December 7 thanks to a humanitarian pardon due to a degenerative and incurable disease.

The former autocrat, released in December, returns to politics by giving his support to the controversial president Boluarte. The president, as usual, handed over the baton to her prime minister, Alberto Otárola, and the founder of the Orange party.