Dina Boluarte faces a new scandal after Panorama revealed that, while maintaining a labor demand against the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) for more than S/ 239 thousand, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) would have intervened, directly, to prioritize the payment in its favor. The action of the MEF – according to the investigation – would have sought to expedite a partial compensation of an initial claim that amounted to S/ 428 thousand, originated when Boluarte worked in the RENIEC.
In May 2022, Boluarte obtained a favorable judicial sentence, although only on the part of the amount claimed: S/ 239 thousand. The Reniec appealed the ruling and the case went to the cassation stage, which legally prevents payment until the process concludes.
Despite this, Panorama revealed that in early 2024 the MEF included the case of Boluarte in a “prioritized list” of judicial sentences, a mechanism that would have allowed an “early execution” of the payment. According to the Sunday program, the inclusion responded to a specific request from the Government through the support of the MEF, although it was resisted by the RENIEC.
According to the documents disseminated by the Sunday, the demand, filed in 2020, included claims for refreshment, transport, bonuses, uniforms, pliege closure bonus and Christmas baskets. Part of these benefits were rejected by the entity by not corresponding, such as payments for union benefits, although the current president was never affiliated with a union. And, as the labor lawyer Javier Painter Torres pointed out to the Sunday program: “It is irregular to pay union benefits to a worker who never belonged to a union.”
Ministry of Economy sought to excuse the controversy
The Sunday also showed an office of the Ministry of Economy in which it is recognized that the incorporation of the case was an “error” and its exclusion is provided. This correction occurred after, in April 2024, the same program disseminated a report on the attempt to prioritize payment.
The controversy turned on again in April 2025, when the sixth specialized court of permanent labor issued a resolution that expressly orders not to pay compensation to Boluarte “until the cassation is resolved”, under functional responsibility.
With this judicial provision, any attempt to advance or prioritize payment was momentarily blocked. Until the closing of this article, neither the Presidency nor the Ministry of Economy had issued a public pronouncement on the revelations.
