Overview

• The decree sets Boluarte’s monthly pay at 35,568 soles, roughly $10,000, doubling her prior salary.
• Economy Minister Raúl Pérez-Reyes said the adjustment was made after comparing compensation across 12 Latin American heads of state.
• The government had denied plans for a raise in May before issuing this week’s decree while Boluarte’s approval rating languishes around 2 percent.
• Opposition legislators have filed a motion in Congress to annul the decree as public and political outrage grows over the timing.
• Boluarte remains under scrutiny in over a dozen corruption probes, including the “Rolexgate” investigation into undeclared luxury gifts.