A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Martin Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for his involvement in a corruption scandal when he was the governor of the southern region of Moquegua.

In its decision on Wednesday, the court also penalised Vizcarra with a nine-year ban from running for office, as well as a fine.

He is expected to begin serving his prison sentence immediately. But Vizcarra indicated he plans to appeal the verdict against him.

“This is not justice, it is revenge,” Vizcarra wrote on social media in response to the verdict. “But they will not break me.”

He had been found guilty of accepting bribes worth more than $600,000 in exchange for awarding contracts for large-scale projects in Moquegua.

Vizcarra, currently a leader in the Peru First party, led Moquegua from

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