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<text id=91TT1878>
<title>
Aug. 26, 1991: World Notes:Peru
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Aug. 26, 1991 Science Under Siege
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 34
World Notes
PERU
Is Garcia on The Ropes?
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<p> "I have a clear conscience." So said the former President of
Peru, Alan Garcia Perez, now a Senator for Life, before the
Chamber of Deputies mustered a narrow majority last week to
begin proceedings to lift his congressional immunity from
prosecution on charges that he embezzled $500,000 from public
coffers and evaded taxes.
</p>
<p> Doubt was first cast on Garcia last April when House
Deputy Fernando Olivera charged that Garcia had stolen $50
million from the treasury while serving as President. Olivera
maintained that Garcia channeled the funds through the Bank of
Credit and Commerce International. Olivera's charges have yet
to be substantiated, but the ensuing publicity made Garcia one
of the most prominent politicians to be touched by the B.C.C.I.
scandal.
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<p> It is not at all certain, however, that he will be found
guilty of embezzlement. Before there is a trial, the House vote
on immunity must first be repeated in the Senate. If formal
charges are then brought, Garcia's case will be tried in the
Supreme Court--which is packed with his own appointees.
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