Lima  - Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa on Wednesday joined celebrations of the historic ruling that ordered former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori to 25 years in jail for human rights abuses and crimes against humanity.

For the author of "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" and "Conversation in the Cathedral," among other works, the decision is a great precedent not just for Peru, but for all of Latin America and world humanity.

The Peruvian court on Tuesday convicted Fujimori of crimes committed during his 10 years in office, making him the first former democratically-elected president to be sentenced to prison for human rights abuses, according to international rights group Human Rights Watch.

Vargas Llosa told the Peruvian daily La Republica that the conviction would "strengthen democratic institutions" and serve as a "vaccine" against future dictators and coups d'état.

"Current and future aspiring dictators will think about it many times before destroying the rule of law," he said. "The whole of Latin America has something to celebrate."

"The ruling is impeccable and has to be applauded by all democrats, by all free citizens in Peru," the author stressed.

Vargas Llosa lost the 1990 presidential election in Peru to Fujimori, who later left the democratic path and turned dictator and finally faxed in his resignation from Japan in 2000 ahead of threatening corruption and murder charges.

"The ruling is most impressive due to its lack of passion, its rigour, its strictly legal nature," the author said.

Moreover, the liberal Vargas Llosa ruled out that the extreme- right political sector that was once led by Fujimori and is now headed by his daughter Keiko Fujimori can still claim a major role in the future.

"It is naive and totally anti-historic to believe that Fujimorism has a future," he said. (dpa)