President of Peru José Jeri this week vowed that he will not resign from his position amid the ongoing scandal over his undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman known as “Chifagate.”
“One would resign if one had something to hide, and I have not lied to the country, I have not done anything illegal. I will not allow anyone to distort the facts about me, which is why I will voluntarily attend the Oversight Committee and make myself available to the Prosecutor’s Office,” Jeri said during an interview with Peru’s Canal N.
“I did not lie to the country. Rather, the situation is being exploited to attack the presidency beyond my mistake, which I have already acknowledged, and also to affect the electoral process, which
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