Overview
- President José Jerí formally told the National Prosecutor’s Office and Congress’s Oversight Commission on Jan. 19 that he is available to give statements and provide documents related to the revelations.
- The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed a reserved preliminary investigation opened on Jan. 15 into alleged illegal sponsorship and influence peddling tied to off‑agenda encounters on Dec. 26 and Jan. 6 and unrecorded visits to the palace by a businessman under house arrest, with only narrowly permitted steps allowed during his mandate.
- The Renovación Popular caucus asked for an extraordinary plenary session so Jerí can explain the unregistered meetings, citing media footage that placed him with businessman Zhihua Yang at a closed shop in central Lima.
- Opposition lawmakers advanced censure initiatives against congressional leaders and a separate motion to declare the presidency vacant for “moral incapacity,” which has gathered initial signatures but lacks the votes required for removal.
- Amid a wider fight over judicial control, a bill from congressman Alejandro Cavero to bar provisional judges from cases involving elected officials awaits committee review, while Mexico’s Supreme Court reaffirmed that past plenary and former‑chamber rulings are unassailable and left the ‘fraudulent res judicata’ debate for another day.