Judiciary reform in Peru under Alberto Fujimori the Judiciary. The law also handed control over the Academy of the Magistrates to the new council. This was extremely controversial since this academy was responsible for the training of Judges, so legal experts saw it as a move by the executive to control and politicize the Judiciary. Fujimori was elected thanks to anti-establishment feelings. Right before the auto-coup the Peruvian congress, which had been stalling the reforms offered by the newly elected president, had an anemic approval rating of 17% compared to Fujimori’s 42% at that same time. For this reason his assault against the establishment was widely supported,
Alberto Fujimori undermining public faith in the state and precipitating an exodus of elites. By 1992, Shining Path guerrilla attacks had claimed an estimated 20,000 lives over preceding 12 years. On 16 July 1992 the Tarata Bombing, in which several car bombs exploded in Lima's wealthiest district, killed over 40 people; the bombings were characterized by one commentator as an "offensive to challenge President Albert Fujimori." The bombing at Tarata was followed up with a "weeklong wave of car bombings ... Bombs hit banks, hotels, schools, restaurants, police stations and shops ... [G]uerrillas bombed two rail bridges from the Andes, cutting off