Puebla, Pue. With the exception of Puebla, the 17 municipalities that make up the metropolitan area, where 70% of the state’s economic activity is concentrated, are due in the first year of efforts in security, development and regulatory improvement, considered the Business Coordinating Council (CCE ).
The president of the local CCE, Ignacio Alarcón Rodríguez Pacheco, explained that it is not necessary to wait for October 15, which is when the municipal administrations will be one year old, to see that little has been done to address the problems of the metropolitan area. the Angelopolis.
The results expected as a Private Initiative (IP) have not been given, since some municipal authorities continue to attribute that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a brake on the economy, even though productive activities have returned to 100% since the beginning of 2022 .
He considered that for the period of three years the city councils had to draw up a roadmap to set goals.
The development plans that they elaborated should have been that, to address the problems of insecurity, economy and red tape, which only the Puebla capital attended, without reaching 100% compliance, but there was an effort, “he reiterated.
Alarcón Rodríguez assured that regulatory improvement, the economy and insecurity are issues that are part of the current business agenda, so they will continue to seek that they can be addressed.
Regarding regulatory improvement, Alarcón Rodríguez considered it important to strengthen it, since 80% of businesses are micro, small and medium-sized companies.
He pointed out that for the opening of an MSME, municipal procedures take up to 20 days, there is an “excessive” paperwork, in the municipal offices of the metropolitan area it is not resolved, because there are requirements that can be done via the internet and not at the window.
