Peruvian President Dinu Boluarte’s statements to the prosecutor’s office and the media about the reason he wore a Rolex watch were criticized by the mayor of Lima, Rafael López. This was reported by the newspaper La República on April 19.
López said that the president’s statements do not inspire much confidence. “I do not believe you”“Lopez said about Boluarte’s words.
In addition, he questioned the governor of Ayacucho, Wilfredo Oscorima, for buying an expensive watch just to lend it to Boluarte.
According to him, the strategy applied by the Head of State will be the most appropriate, but in public opinion these explanations “it won’t be clear”. She pointed out that if the president made a mistake, the most sensible thing would be for her to apologize.
“If I go to Mrs. Boluarte’s birthday and I am a friend of her (Wilfredo Oscorima), I am not going to show up with a watch and say: ‘Look, I’ll lend it to you.’ It baffles me, how can I go to a birthday party and give a gift, but ask to borrow it? Such responses may be legally good, but humanly incomprehensible. “At least let the lady (Dina Boluarte) apologize if someone made a mistake.”– he said.
López said that President Boluarte’s version that the expensive items he used during his official duties were borrowed was not credible. Furthermore, he pointed out that this case will cause great delays in the resolution of issues that affect hundreds of citizens, such as citizen security, food, water and health.
“I don’t understand why he can’t apologize. And if he tells me that the fact is that he explained to me that they lent him the watch, well, I don’t believe that part, it’s not credible because it’s not normal. “If this is a mistake, we apologize and forgive, because this issue takes up a lot of our time.”He noticed.
Also read: “Rolexgate” in Peru: secret admirers of the president or borrowed watches?
Let us remember that on April 17, Canal N showed part of the answers given by President Dina Boluarte during an interrogation carried out at the main headquarters of the Prosecutor’s Office. There, the country’s acting prosecutor, Juan Carlos Villena, consulted with the president about the origin of these luxury items. At the same time, the president assured that she did not know that the watch she wore during her official events was high-end.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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