A day after Peru's President Dina Boluarte reshuffled her cabinet, her attorneys announced that she will answer questions later this week over her ownership of luxury watches.
LIMA, Peru — Peru's President Dina Boluarte will answer questions Friday over her ownership of a trio of luxury watches, her attorneys said Tuesday, a day after she reshuffled her cabinet as an alleged illicit enrichment scandal further threatens her presidency. The Cabinet shakeup Monday came as lawmakers submitted to Parliament a request to remove Boluarte from office for 'permanent moral incapacity.
The law firm of attorney Mateo Castañeda, Boluarte's lawyer, said on X, formerly Twitter, that the Attorney General's Office denied her client's request to move up the interview's date and that prosecutors said 'they are not responsible for the political whirlwind' in Peru. Prosecutors have also instructed Boluarte to show them the watches Friday.
Boluarte is also being preliminarily investigated for her alleged role in deadly protests that followed Castillo's dismissal. Castillo is now imprisoned while being investigated for alleged corruption and rebellion. Peru is no stranger to presidential crises. No president has finished a full term since 2016, and the South American country cycled through three of them in a week in 2020, when lawmakers flexed their impeachment powers.
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