Keiko Fujimori becomes Peru's ninth president in a decade

Peru's conservative President Keiko Fujimori took office on Tuesday, vowing to tackle the wave of crime sweeping the Andean nation. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA group of leftist lawmakers left the room in protest at Fujimori's inauguration, which marks Peru's ninth presidency in a decade. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementShe has proposed fighting crime by expelling undocumented people, setting up courts with anonymous judges and making prisoners work for their food. - 'Fighting for justice' -Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementRight-wing parties in Peru's Congress still fall short of the majority required to push through the new president's initiatives. "For so many years we have been fighting for justice to be done, and we know how they operate," she told AFP.