PERU: PRESIDENT MOUNTS "PALACE COUP"

Created: 4/6/1992

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President Fujiaori lata laat night diaaolvad Congreaa. disbandad the Judiciary, and suspended taa constitution,national reconatruction" government: ne plana to institute sweeping changes to fight taa insurgenclea press ahead with his economic racovary prograa. Armed forces laadara and taa bead at taa National Police havaoint communique supporting Fujimori. Th President said hia cabinet will draft' evantually,lebiecitaew const

Military units hava deployed in Lima to Aray troopa have placed congraaaional leaden and fforser praaidant Garcia under house arrest. Praae reports aay the military haa claeed at laeet ona radio atatlon; another apparently haa- been barredreporting oppoaition reaction to taa coup, fjc '

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Coaaaaat: Since hia inauguration inujimori haa diadained coneenaus-seeking and conalstantly criticized Congreaa and other governaiant inatitutiona Cor corruption and for blocking his reforms. one spur for taa coup may have been the Supreme Court's recant decision to exonerate tba Sendero Luminaao insurgency'awaa being triad in"lack of evidence." Tha economic recovery under vay laat yearailed, and Fujimori probablyartisan battle with thawhich reconvened last weekuick turnaround

Broad-based popular proteataejagainat tha coup are unlikely. Recast polla enow taat moat Peruviana disapprove of Conqxaaimi many undoubtedly also realise that Fujimori will crack down hard on diaaantara. In the abort term, the coup may paralyse policymaking ia several areae, notably countarnarcotlca. If tha Preeldant atrangthana tha military'a hand in tha couatarinaurgency, human rights violation* almoat certainly will lncreaaei. It la unclear whether Fujimori intendsay beyond his conatltutional term in office, which ends inrJ]