Peru's prime minister steps down after alleged audio leak


FILE PHOTO: President of Peru Dina Boluarte speaks during the launch ceremony of the presidency of APEC PERU 2024 at the Government Palace in Lima, Peru, December 4, 2023.REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said on Tuesday he had tendered his resignation after an audio recording came out over the weekend purporting to be of the official attempting to improperly influence government contracts.

Otarola told media the recording was made in 2021, when he was not a government official, and was manipulated and edited as part of a conspiracy by his political opponents.

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