Overview
- The Presidency’s legal office issued a direct orden de servicio for S/30,000 that ran from March 26 to June 26 to Odar Jimmy Cornejo Custodio to provide 90 days of advisory services.
- While the contract was active, Cornejo continued to represent President José María Balcázar in private litigation and participated in the June 16 opening oral hearing of the president’s criminal case.
- Cornejo enrolled in the Registro Nacional de Proveedores only on March 18, eight days before the orden de servicio was issued, a timing specialists said undermines normal procurement safeguards.
- During the contract period the lawyer’s 24-year-old nephew, Diego Cornejo Cachay, was appointed subprefecto of Chiclayo on May 12, a move critics called nepotistic because of his limited experience.
- Multiple legal and procurement experts described the deal as irregular and a real conflict of interest, the contract’s vague description and the Presidency’s lack of response after reports published June 29 have left the matter under public scrutiny and could prompt transparency reviews or formal probes.