The president’s defense has filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court to annul the entire Rolex case, in which Peruvian President Dina Boluartte is being investigated for charges that include illicit enrichment. The newspaper El Comercio reported this on May 30.
It is reported that this measure differs from the lawsuit before the constitutional court, which the Peruvian government intended to file the day before against the country’s judiciary and prosecutor’s office. However, this appeal has the same objective: to prevent the investigation of the case against Boluarte.
In its motion, the president’s legal team also seeks to invalidate the search of his home. They maintain that to initiate an investigation against the head of state, a constitutional complaint approved by the Congress of the Republic is necessary.
However, the prosecution, represented by prosecutor Juan Villena, filed a constitutional complaint against the president of Peru for her involvement in the scandal known as the Rolex case only on May 27.
Furthermore, Boluarte’s defense argues that the investigation cannot continue because Villena is only “interim” AND “he did not take the oath to the President of the Republic”.
Let us remember that since March the scandal caused by the discovery of Boluarte’s riches has not subsided in Peru. We’re talking expensive Rolex watches and gold bracelets with diamonds that she didn’t declare. Peruvian prosecutors are conducting a preliminary investigation into Boluarte after she was found to be wearing a Rolex watch and other undeclared luxury jewelry. The accusation alleges that the governor of Ayacucho, Wilfredo Oscorima, gave the decorations to Boluarte in exchange for the enormous emergency resources that the president had approved for his region.
Prosecutors are investigating charges of illicit enrichment, failure to declare wealth and passive bribery. Oskorima also faces the latter charge.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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