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Hector Becerril, congressman from the Popular Strength party (Fujimori's...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              SHOTLIST:\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Lima - 22 December 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Hector Becerril, congressman from the Popular Strength party (Fujimori's party) speaking to the media \u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hector Becerril, congressman from the Popular Strength party:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I would like to tell the 10 congress members that last night they were not only the traitors of Popular Strength (jailed former president Alberto Fujimori's party) but they are traitors of the count because they voted in favour of impunity and corruption. They should have the decency of not expecting a disciplinary hearing to occur but rather should quit their office.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Becerril speaking to the media\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hector Becerril, congressman from the Popular Strength party:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We have always been in favour of a pardon (for Fujimori) but not at any price and I've said it here; I do not think that Alberto Fujimori will lend himself to a pardon for the price of negotiating with corruption and that is what happened last night with Kenji Fujimori (politician and son of Alberto Fujimori) and the nine members of congress.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Yonhy Lescano, member of the Popular Action party (President Kuczynski's party) and member of congress speaking to members of the media\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yonhy Lescano, Congressman from the Popular Action party:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It could be that they are pretending to fight and they are really negotiating with Mr Kuczynski - Fujimori and Kuczyinski - the freedom of Mr Alberto Fujimori. We'll have to see in the coming days.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Cameras at a news conference\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Luis Galarreta, President of the Congress, arriving for the news conference\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Galarreta, President of the Congress:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I am sorry that President Kuczynski sent a document to the OAS (Organisation of American States). I have sent a written document to Mr Almagro (Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS) but because there were many passionate pleas. I watched in the media and the interviews that they had, but it must be made clear that the parliament (congress) is an autonomous body.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Galarreta, President of the Congress, speaking during the news conference\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Galarreta, President of the Congress: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I respect, as a democrat, the decision that was taken yesterday in the sovereign parliament during a due process but you would have to ask them (the 10 abstaining members of congress) because it would be lamentable to negotiate the freedom of the (former) president (Alberto Fujimori) by trying to protect - here they were offering a position (the president's office) because of moral incapacity and corruption. I repeat for a third time, this is just beginning and it would be really shameful because president Fujimori did not deserve to be exchanged for protection (to protect Kuczynski).\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Galarreta leaving news conference   \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE: \u003cbr/\u003e              Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski faces turbulent weeks ahead despite dodging impeachment over his ties to the Brazilian construction giant implicated in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal. \u003cbr/\u003e              Legislators came eight votes short of impeaching the president on Thursday night following a half-day of impassioned debate. Applause erupted inside Congress and his supporters cheered and waved Peruvian flags outside as it became clear Kuczynski would remain president. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Tomorrow a new chapter in our history begins: the reconciliation and reconstruction of our country,\" Kuczynski tweeted afterward. \u003cbr/\u003e              The impeachment attempt left Kuczynski weakened but also revealed divisions inside the opposition Popular Force party, which dominates Congress but saw even its leader’s brother, lawmaker Kenji Fujimori, abstain from voting for impeachment. The abstention was in apparent defiance of Popular Force leader Keiko Fujimori - both siblings are children of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori. \u003cbr/\u003e              While Keiko, 42, has tried to drive a conservative political agenda, Kenji has maintained amicable relations with Kuczynski and other opponents, and focused on freeing his father from prison. \u003cbr/\u003e              Without providing evidence, some lawmakers said Kuczynski had won support in Congress by agreeing to free Alberto Fujimori, a charge the president and his supporters denied. Kuczynski has said he is evaluating Fujimori’s sentence based on factors including the former president’s health. \u003cbr/\u003e              Aside from a decision on Fujimori, Kuczynski faces a debilitating ongoing criminal investigation into his involvement with Odebrecht, potentially opening another chapter in the bribery scandal that has ended the careers of some of Latin America's most prominent politicians. The company admitted in a 2016 U.S. Justice Department agreement to paying nearly $800 million in kickbacks to politicians, their campaigns and political parties to secure lucrative public works contracts. \u003cbr/\u003e              Kuczynski is due for questioning at the chief prosecutor's office next week. \u003cbr/\u003e              In Ecuador, Vice President Jorge Glas has been sentenced to six years in prison for orchestrating an Odebrecht bribery scheme. Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is appealing his conviction on charges of corruption and money laundering related to the plot. In Peru, two former presidents stand accused of accepting money from Odebrecht. One is behind bars and the other in the U.S. seeking to avoid extradition. \u003cbr/\u003e              Kuczynski came under fire after an opposition-led investigative committee revealed documents last week showing Odebrecht made $782,000 in payments to his private consulting firm more than a decade ago. Some of the payments overlapped with years that Kuczynski spent as a high-ranking government minister. \u003cbr/\u003e              During his 30-minute testimony on Thursday, Kuczynski showed the contracts in question on an overhead screen, pointing out that none contained his signature. He said he had no knowledge of the payments and that he never favoured any company while in office. He characterized the transactions as part of a legal contract between two private companies and said his opponents were trying to force him from power without due process. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I am here to look you in the eye, and tell you that I am not corrupt and I have not lied,\" he said, speaking slowly and assertively. \u003cbr/\u003e              The vote capped a tumultuous eight days in Peru, which is one of South America's most politically volatile nations. \u003cbr/\u003e              The president's detractors contended that he should have disclosed the payments before taking office and that, at the very least, as a high-ranking government minister when the money was paid he should have done a better job to shield himself from potential conflicts of interest. \u003cbr/\u003e              Polls within Peru had suggested a majority of Peruvians wanted the already deeply unpopular president out of office. \u003cbr/\u003e              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