Despite the economic growth that Peru has had for several years, there are still several social gaps to close, said the president of the trustOscar Caipo.
“Although there have been more resources, we have not had the capacity for these resources to be assigned and arrive in an efficient and correct manner,” he said.
Thus, while in Lima access to electricity, water and sewerage is close to 89.9%, in regions like Loreto it is 30.2%; in Ucayali, at 31.9%; in Huánuco, in 41.8%; in Huancavelica, at 43.4%; in Puno, 45%; in Cajamarca, 47.4% and in San Martín, 48.2%.
“In Loreto and Ucayali, less than a third of homes have the three basic services. As a country we cannot afford that,” she stated.
Meanwhile, the percentage of paved or affirmed departmental and neighborhood road network is also low, and in none of the country’s regions does it even reach 60%. Moreover, in Ucayali it reaches only 0.9%.
The union representative indicated that this occurs despite the fact that the public budget has grown. For example, in 1992, he pointed out that the budget amounted to S / 6,959 million, while in 2022 it added S / 214,790 million.
In this regard, the manager of Consulting Support Projects, Raúl Andrade, explained that for decentralization and closing the gaps, many changes in the Constitution are not required.
REFORM
The trustin collaboration with Apoyo Consultoría, presented proposals to promote decentralization reform.
Within the initiatives there are two that propose changes to the Magna Carta, one of which proposes the modification of article 34 to guarantee greater suitability in the exercise of popularly elected positions. They also suggest modifying articles 191 and 194 so that the office of governor and mayor is for five years and not four as it is now.
Another proposal is to establish a fund to stabilize the resources from the canon with the aim of reducing its volatility, for which individual accounts would be created for each subnational government.
In total there are 21 initiatives, and the president of the Confiep considered that for this to work, political problems must be put aside.
“What we are proposing is that work be done on specific issues to provide solutions for the country and although this is a government that may be in transition and Congress may come to the conclusion that the elections be brought forward, we still have to continue working,” Caipo assured.
He also pointed out the negative impact that political uncertainty has had on private investment, mainly in sectors such as Tourism, Mining and Agriculture.
“If we do not manage to resolve the issue of social peace and we can have free transit to work, to produce, so that the products move and reach consumers, we will continue to have problems,” he said.
