Overview

• Cuarto Poder published receipts showing repeated petty-cash spending from April 2024 on shirts, polos, blouses, laundry and a clothes steamer, alongside frequent snack purchases.
• The reportage cites more than 3,000 cookie packages bought for the office and food and beverage spending above S/8,300, plus about S/1,600 on tableware and small appliances.
• Some invoices reportedly list garments as destined for the minister, a point the ministry disputes by saying clothing is institutional protocol attire for officials when needed.
• The ministry says food and kitchen items were minimal and used for protocol attention in meetings, adding it has imposed austerity measures and tighter internal controls.
• Administrative-law specialists argue clothing and laundry fall outside petty-cash rules and urge audits by oversight bodies, with no public audit or sanction announced so far.