Santiago Peña, presidential candidate for the Colorado Party, spoke about the roadmap he plans to follow if he reaches the Palacio de López and the main lines of action of his government. Likewise, he emphasized several of the main challenges that exist today.
In interview with the crossfire program issued by GEN/Nación Media, Peña was asked about his plan for the first 100 days of government in case of being elected as President of the Republic in the elections on April 30. In this sense, he mentioned that One of the first measures will be to form a transition team who will manage the transfer of command before August 15.
The idea is that said team can make an analysis and generate proposals for the start of the mandate. As an example, spoke of working in advance on the General Budget of Expenses of the Nationeven more considering that 15 days after the assumption of command must already be delivered the bill in Congress.
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Investment in health, safety and education will be one of the main focuses of the PGN that would be preparedindicated Peña, since he considers that are the three most sensitive areas that deserve urgent priority by the new government that takes office.
Another topic that he emphasized is in the job creation process, this being a major problem that worsened after the COVID-19 pandemic. To this are added factors such as the increase in the basic basket or the price of fuelwhich will also have special attention on your part.
The former Minister of Finance also spoke of an improvement in monetary policy and a decrease in the interest rate of the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) as axes of priority in case of arriving at the Palacio de López. Also, he mentioned the need to make a key public company like Petropar more efficient.
“The key word in this is managementthere is no silver bullet, it is the combination of several measures on different fronts that starts with the designation of people who have to be people with field knowledge in the street, but also with technical knowledge”, he added.
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Peña was asked about how to capture the independent vote in the next elections and said that “Politicians go on talking about problems and the problems are created by the politicians themselves”for what you think is necessaryFocus on people’s problems including topics like unemployment, the increase in the basic basketin other aspects.
“It is not an easy job, it is a job that requires knowledge, experience, vocation, determination, taking action and communicate these measures and generate the most important thing in the economy, which is the trust. Entrepreneur or Entrepreneur You are not going to go out and invest or hire a staff if you do not have confidence that in the future it will be able to sell better”, he stated.
Peña maintained that what they aim for is a government that generates results and “that people quickly feel that in their pockets, in their stomachs, on the table and in the food in the fridge”, realizing that they managed to register a economic growth for which they will work hard.
On the point, it was shown convinced that during his administration he will promote economic growth above 5% in the next 5 years. “If the economy grows, tax revenues also grow. If tax revenues grow, this equation can be recomposed reducing the fiscal deficit and investing more in infrastructure”.
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At another point in the interview, he talked about the need to invest in road, electrical, sanitary and housing infrastructure. To make your projects come true, He proposes to execute public-private alliances as had already been done in the previous government.
about his position on the renegotiation of Annex C of the Itaipu TreatyPena admitted that Paraguay arrives at this negotiation “at a disadvantage” Taking into account that Brazil “has been very skillful in playing with our lack of strategy”. “The negotiation has already happened.What we thought was going to happen in 2023 has already happened, we have to be honest with the public.”
to become president, will look for a way to reach an agreement with the Brazilian government regarding the Itaipu tariff, so that Paraguay can obtain a benefit. In that same order of things, he talks about increase transmission lines and attract investment so that you canto use all the Paraguayan energywithout having to sell the surplus to the neighboring country.
As long as that happens, a way will be found to sell energy at a much higher price than Brazil and with that money back finance electrical infrastructure works, increase domestic consumption, among other lines of action.
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