Letter of Resignation from the Presidency of the Commission in Charge of the Place of Memory
Vargas Llosa sent a letter to President Alan García expressing his disagreement with Legislative Decree 1097, which he considers a "disguised amnesty." He argues that the measure has generated outrage in democratic sectors. "The reason for my resignation is the recent Legislative Decree 1097 which, by all accounts, constitutes a barely disguised amnesty to benefit a good number of people linked to the dictatorship who have been convicted or prosecuted for crimes against human rights — murders, torture, and disappearances — among them the former dictator himself and his right-hand man," the letter states.