Peruvian prosecutor rejects Boluarte’s request to advance statement

Madrid. The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office rejected this Tuesday the request presented over the weekend by the country’s president, Dina Boluarte, to advance her statement on the possible crime of illicit enrichment for the acquisition of luxury watches, an alleged plot called the ‘Rolex case’. ‘.

On Sunday, President Boluarte presented a formal request to the Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office to “immediately” make the statement regarding said investigation after members of the Police and the Public Ministry searched her home address, as well as the Presidential Palace.

In her letter, the president alluded to “the political turbulence” triggered by the proceedings opened in the ‘Rolex case’, and advocated for “clarifying the facts under investigation as soon as possible.”

However, the Public Ministry rejected this request and confirmed that President Boluarte’s statement remains on its scheduled date, next April 5 early in the morning in Peru, according to radio station RPP.

Boluarte is being investigated for a crime of alleged illicit enrichment to the detriment of the State for the possession of several luxury watches that she has worn in her interventions, as revealed by the Peruvian digital journalistic program La Encerrona.

At first, Boluarte avoided appearing before the Prosecutor’s Office and stated in public that one of the watches mentioned was “from yesteryear”, the product of his “effort.” However, between Friday and Saturday, police and prosecutors searched the Government Palace and Boluarte’s personal residence as part of this investigation.