Decree Law 25418

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Decree Law 25418 is a highly-controversial Peruvian law decreed in April, 1992 by then-President Alberto Fujimori. The decree essentially provided the legal trappings for the coup d'état of April 15, 1992.

The decree renamed the government, dissolved the Congress, gave the Executive Branch all legislative powers, suspended much of the Constitution, and gave the president the power to enact various reforms, such as the "application of drastic punishments" towards terrorists and the "moralization" of the Judicial Branch.