A congressional committee in Peru Has Dismissed An Investigation Into President Dina Boluarte Over Allegations Accepted Rolex Watches As Bribes.
The Decision by The Subcommittee Means Boluarte – Whose Approval ratings Are Single Digits – Is Shielded From Impeachment Proceedings While in Power.
However, She could potentially Still Charges When She Leaves Office Next and Loses Her Presidential Immunity.
The Corruption Inquiry, Dubbed “Rolexgate”, Saw Her Home Raided by March 2024, with authorities Searching more than a dozen luxury watches Had allegedly not declared.
The Investigation Began After a News Report Drew Attention to Luxury Watches at Public Events.
The Raid Took Place After Prosecutors Refused Her Request For More Time to Resond to Requesting Her To Proof Purchase for Her Watches. The Government Palace was raided Was Also.
Peru’s Government Last Year described The Raid as “Disonstitutional and Unconstitutional”.
Boluarte Had insisted with government “with what it might be” Leave It with Clean Hands “, Claiming Her Rolex Was An Old Item With Threat Working Of The Proceeds 8.
The President Also Faces A Separate Probe Over An Unannounced Two-Week Absence in 2023 for a Nose Surgery During WHich D Delegate Powers.
Boluarte became President After Her Predecessor, Pedro Castillo, Was Impeached When He Tried to Dissolve Congress and Rule.
Dozens of People’s Killed in Clashes Following Castillo’s Ousting During Violent Protests Demanding Step Down.
The Next Presidential and Legislative Elections Will Be Held in April 2026.
