Overview
- The Congressional Commission of Fiscalization opened a preliminary inquiry, requested documents, and issued a summons to José Jerí regarding his Dec. 26 meeting in San Borja with businessman Zhihua Yang.
- The Presidency says the encounter was to coordinate the Peru–China Friendship Day, while footage shows the president arriving in a hood and using an official vehicle with no record on the public agenda.
- Somos Perú initiated an internal disciplinary process over the episode, and Jerí says he has party leave and is willing to appear before Congress.
- Peru Libre legislator Segundo Montalvo will incorporate the meeting into a pending vacancy motion, but Congress President Fernando Rospigliosi called removal efforts “absurd” so close to elections.
- Reporting highlights Yang’s ties to companies that hired Nicanor Boluarte and notes multiple recent entries by Yang to the Presidential Palace, fueling calls for transparency.