Overview

• An investigation by Cuarto Poder cites invoices showing repeated petty-cash purchases for the ministerial office, including clothing and food items since April 2024.
• Records detail buys such as shirts, polos, blouses, a garment steamer, laundry services, and thousands of snack items charged to the Ministry of Education.
• Outlets report 3,094 packages of cookies purchased and food-related spending exceeding S/8,300, along with kitchenware and small appliances near S/1,600.
• Specific dates include clothing purchases on April 9 and 18, 2024, additional buys in December 2024, and further transactions in January and April 2025.
• Minedu issued a communiqué denying personal use and describing the items as institutional or protocol-related, while experts say such spending falls outside petty-cash rules and call for control-body audits; no formal probe has been announced in these reports.