According to the latest CPI national survey, 85.5 percent of Peruvians reject Movadef’s request to register as a political party.

Movadef - the Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental Rights – is a political organization with ties to the Shining Path terrorist group.

According to the study - conducted between January 20 and 24, across the country’s urban areas - only 7.1 percent of respondents said they backed Movadef’s request to register.

7.4 percent of the 1,450 people surveyed did not have an opinion on the matter.

Movadef was founded by Alfredo Crespo, a lawyer who represents former Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman.

Last week Crespo stirred up controversy by saying Guzman was a political prisoner, and not a terrorist.

"What has happened in our country is not terrorism [...] what happened in the 80’s was a political event that had economic and social consequences during a particular moment in the history of Peru,” Crespo said during a television appearance.