Lima.- Former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte declared this Friday that she does not intend to seek asylum or leave her country, after having been removed from office this Thursday by the Congress, and assured that she is not "responsible for any" of the cases for which the Prosecutor's Office is investigating her.
Boluarte offered a brief statement to the media that waited for her all day at the door of her home, in the Lima district of Surquillo, to ratify her permanence in the country.
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"Since yesterday and this morning it has been indicated through the media that I was missing or had sought asylum, none of that is true, I am at home," she said.
The former governor, who was accompanied by one of her lawyers, Juan Carlos Portugal, said that she arrived at her home around 3 a.m. this Friday and then rested.
"It's not even in the slightest thought, nor my patriotic feeling, to leave the country," she reiterated before confirming that she is "calm" with her "conscience".
During the night of Thursday, after learning that the president was going to be removed by Congress, rumors spread that she could seek eventual asylum in embassies of countries such as Argentina, Brazil or Ecuador, which was ruled out at that time by lawyer Portugal.
Despite this, dozens of people arrived at the headquarters of the Ecuadorian Embassy in Lima to protest against Boluarte and try to prevent a possible entry of the now former ruler into that diplomatic headquarters.
Doesn't feel responsible for crimes
This Friday, the Judiciary of Peru reported that next Wednesday it will evaluate a request filed by the Prosecutor's Office to prohibit Boluarte from leaving the country for up to three years while she is investigated for alleged corruption and human rights violations.
Peruvian Attorney General, Tomás Gálvez, sent the request in three of the at least eleven investigations faced by the removed president.
Regarding this, Boluarte rejected any responsibility for the accusations made against her and reiterated that she does not intend to leave the country.
"Those cases that are under investigation in the Public Ministry, I am not responsible for any of them," he maintained, then ratifying that he is calm and will remain "permanently in the country."
The Prosecutor's Office has requested that he be imposed 18 months of travel ban from the country due to the investigations against him for alleged incompatible negotiation and misuse of office.
In addition, she has requested a 36-month exit ban as part of the investigations against her for alleged money laundering to pay civil reparations to Vladimir Cerrón, the leader of the Marxist party Peru Libre with which Castillo and she won the 2021 elections.
Among the most serious events attributed to the former president is the death of at least 49 people during the repression of the protests that broke out in the country between December 2022 and March 2023, after she replaced Pedro Castillo as head of state, of whom she was vice president, after a failed coup attempt by him.
She is also investigated for allegedly receiving luxurious gifts such as Rolex watches and undeclared jewelry, for not reporting that she would be physically unable to perform her duties when she underwent a series of cosmetic surgeries, and for forging her signature on several decrees during her convalescence.
Boluarte, the first woman to hold the presidency of Peru, was removed during the early hours of this Friday in an express manner by Congress after losing the support of the right-wing parties that supported her in power, due to her enormous unpopularity, since she barely had 3% acceptance among Peruvians according to several polls, and the proximity of the general elections called for April 2026.
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