LIMA, March 31 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte on Saturday said there is a systematic attack and harassment against her.
Within this framework, she called for defending democracy during an Address to the Nation from the Lima-based Government Palace, joined by Ministerial Cabinet members.
She said the prosecutorial raid on her home carried out from Friday night to this morning has been conducted “in a discriminatory and unconstitutional manner.”
The top official pointed out that the way in which the aforementioned procedure was carried out “affects the rights of my family and, above all, the governability of the country.”
“I am respectful of the prosecutorial investigation; however, I reject the way it has been conducted, in a discriminatory and unconstitutional manner,” she stated.
Boluarte said the complaints raised against other presidents had first led to previous investigations. However, the Public Ministry has subjected her to a preliminary investigation since the beginning, she indicated.
The Head of State denied having committed an act of disobedience, with respect to the investigations that are being carried out against her.
“Quite the contrary, I have approached this instance, making myself available (to the investigations),“ she said.
Boluarte said the intervention at her home was “arbitrary, disproportionate, and abusive.”
The president indicated that it is part of a systematic attack against her, which, in addition, represents an attack “on democracy and the rule of law.”
“Stop generating smokescreens to reverse the spin of the news; stop wanting to generate a plot against the country. I call on the women and men of Peru to defend democracy, the rule of law, and the Constitution,” she stated.
In this regard, the top official called on Congress members “to defend the institutional framework.”
“Stop tampering with the (presidential) vacancy or early elections,” she expressed.
Police raided President Dina Boluarte’s home as part of a corruption inquiry dubbed “Rolexgate”.
Authorities were searching for more than a dozen Rolex watches Boluarte had allegedly not declared.
The investigation began after a news report drew attention to luxury watches she wore at public events, dating from when she took office in December 2022.
Peru’s government described the raid on Saturday as “disproportionate and unconstitutional”.
“The political noise that is being made is serious, affecting investments and the entire country,” Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The government comptroller announced earlier this month it would review Boluarte’s asset declarations from the past two years.
Speaking last week, Boluarte insisted she entered government “with clean hands” and that she would “leave it with clean hands”. — NNN-ANDINA
