Boluarte, 61 years old and who took power in December 2022 to replace the ousted and arrested Pedro Castillo after a failed self-coup attempt, will be heard by prosecutors for the first time since the police carried out searches of his home and the presidential office in March 30th.
Its future “is uncertain, although it is played on two separate strings that are judicial and political,” analyst Augusto Alvarez Rodrich told AFP.
The MP can only investigate it for a maximum period of eight months after the investigation began in March. To charge her, he will have to wait until the end of his term, in July 2026, to take her to trial, as stipulated in the Constitution.
Therefore, it would be “in the political arena, in Congress, that it would be decided whether she would remain in the presidency”, emphasized Alvarez.
The MP has been investigating Boluarte since 2023 for the alleged crimes of “genocide, qualified homicide and serious injuries”, for the death of more than 50 civilians “during social mobilizations between December 2022 and January 2023” that demanded his resignation and early elections.
Parliament began processing an impeachment motion for “permanent moral incapacity” presented by Peru Libre, the left-wing party to which Boluarte belonged. The request is supported by 30 members of Congress, but to be admitted for debate it requires more than fifty votes from the 130 legislators.
