The investigation into Peru’s president concerns the decision to disband the police unit that, along with prosecutors, raided her home and office in March as part of another corruption investigation.
Peru’s president, Dina Bolluarte, appeared on Tuesday and testified to prosecutors, as part of a new investigation against her, regarding the decision to disband the police unit which, together with prosecutors, raided her home and office in March, as part of another corruption investigation.
Ms. Boluarte, 61, left the prosecutor’s office after three hours of testimony. He did not make any statement to the media.
Her lawyer, Juan Carlos Portugal, however, assured the press that the president gave answers “about everything”, although “many questions” of the prosecutors were “very biased” and full of “hints”.
The prosecutor’s office began a preliminary investigation into Ms. Boluarte for abuse of power and a cover-up after former Interior Secretary Walter Ortiz ordered on May 9 to disband a police unit that supported prosecutors in an investigation into corruption of top government officials. This is the unit that searched the president’s residence and office at the end of March.
The government has assured that duties of this nature will be undertaken by another police unit.
Dina Boluarte is at the heart of two more criminal cases, one of which concerns alleged bribery due to the possession of undeclared luxury watches and jewelry—“Rolex-gate,” as the press dubbed it—and the other alleged commission of “ serial killers’ because of the bloody repression of the months-long protests triggered by her rise to power on December 7, 2022 (more than 50 dead).
The attorney general’s office yesterday Monday submitted to Congress an appeal against Ms. Boluarte in the context of “Rolex-gate.” It is now up to members of the Peruvian parliament to decide whether or not to authorize the judiciary to prosecute her. However, the Peruvian national delegation is dominated by right-wing and far-right factions, which generally support the head of state.
Even if criminal charges are brought against her, the president cannot, by virtue of the Constitution, be brought before justice until after July 2026, after her term has ended.
Peru has seen six presidents in eight years; it is experiencing the worst wave of political instability in its modern history.
Source :Skai
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