Peru’s attorney general on Monday accused President Dina Boluarte of accepting bribes in the form of Rolex watches, in the latest twist of a corruption scandal shaking her unpopular government.
Attorney General Juan Carlos Villena said that her receiving the luxury items from a governor amounted to accepting bribes.
Villena “presented a constitutional complaint against Dina Boluarte as the suspected author of passive corruption,” his office said on X, formerly Twitter.
The scandal erupted in March with the discovery of a trove of undeclared luxury Rolex watches and jewellery in the president’s possession.
Boluarte told prosecutors last month the Rolex watches had been loaned by a friend, the regional governor of Ayacucho, Wilfredo Oscorima. She is being investigated on suspicion of “passive corruption” for receiving improper benefits from public officials.
