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 first term in office, APRA and Vargas Llosa's party, the FREDEMO, remained in control of both chambers of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, hampering the enactment of economic reform. Fujimori also had difficulty combatting the Maoist Shining Path () guerrilla organization due largely to what he perceived as intransigence and obstructionism in Congress. By March 1992, Congress met with the approval of only 17% of the electorate, according to one poll; the president's approval rate stood at 42%, in the same poll. In response to the political deadlock, Fujimori, with the support of the military, on 5