Dina Boluarte remains president of a private club despite the fact that the law prohibits it

In May of last year, the Comptroller General of the Republic discovered that the President of the Republic, To Boluarte who was in charge at the time Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midi), held a position in a private association despite the fact that it was prohibited by law. When it was believed that she had left it, it seems that she had forgotten.

according to the newspaper Peru 21Boluarte Zegarra remains president of the Departmental Club Apurimac. According to the article n° 03001776 registered in the Superintendency of Public Records (Sunarp)the President will continue in this position until February 15, 2024. Her term began in 2019 and her term lasted until next year.

In this sense, the Head of State continues to violate Magna Carta Section 126 which, even if it is addressed only to Ministers of State, also affects a President of the Republic in the exercise of his constitutional functions.

“Ministers of State may exercise no other public function than the legislative function. They cannot be managers of their own interests or those of third parties or engage in a gainful activity, nor intervene in the direction or management of private companies or associations,” reads the legal provision.

The comptroller’s report indicates that Boluarte was elected president of the board of directors of the association Club Departamental Apurímac for the period from February 16, 2017 to February 15, 2019. Subsequently, she was re-elected for the period from February 16, 2019 to February 15, 2022. All this when I was already part of the Executive power.

“The inspected (Boluarte) during the period of exercise of the post of Minister of State in the Office of Development and Social Inclusion intervened in the management of the private association Club Departamental Apurímac by signing documents of a public as Chairman of the Board of Trustees,” the document reads.

This situation would also have occurred within the board of directors of the Association of Departmental Clubs of Peru, where Boluarte was elected second vice-president of the institution in March 2019. Then, on May 8, 2021, she was appointed first vice-president of the said council for the period 2021-2023.

The same report mentions that the contracts entered into by the brother and brother-in-law of the vice-president, Nicanor Boluarte Zegarra and Alfredo Pezo Paredeswith the Municipality of Pueblo Libre and Comptroller’s Office, respectively, would configure a potential conflict of interest. Therefore, it is emphasized that both are prevented from contracting with the state.

On August 4, Nicanor Boluarte Zegarra was appointed to the post of “Advisor I” from the town hall office Free City Municipalityunder the modality of the Regime of Administrative Contractualization of Services (CAS).

The Comptroller’s Office points out that the President did not inform her family member’s workplace in her sworn declaration of interest. She only said that she was an “independent lawyer”.

Amid the scandal, Dina Boluarte spoke from Switzerland, where she is to represent Peru as first vice-president of the Republic in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meetingto deny having committed a constitutional offence.

However, the member Norma Yarrow (advanced country) filed the constitutional complaint against Boluarte Zegarra before the Parliament’s Constitutional Charges Sub-Committee. After several months of delay, on December 5, two days before the failure of Pedro Castillo’s self-coup, it was decided to file this trial against the president.

With 13 votes in favor and 8 against, the congressman’s recommendation was approved Edgar Reymundo (Together for Peru – Democratic Change) to dismiss the charge and disqualify Boluarte for 10 years from public office. Among those who supported this point were members of Popular activity: Luis Aragon, Wilson Soto and Jose Arriola.