In the end the laws are defined by votes. The government of Dina Boluarte He demands urgently discussing his proposal to create the Ministry of Infrastructure, but in the Congress There is still no consensus to give this initiative green.
The bill should be discussed in the Constitution Commission of Congresspresided by the Fujimorista congressman Fernando Rospigliosi. At the close of this note, Rospigliosi did not respond whether it will summon an extraordinary session to deliberate it or wait until March, when the legislature starts.
Although there is still no debate, an important group of members of the Constitution Commission They advanced their rejection of the proposal.
Ministry of Infrastructure: Congressmen of Six Banks oppose
The parliamentarian of Popular ActionWilson Soto, said in the lost steps that will vote against it because if the creation of that ministry is approved, it will not be this government that has to move it forward, but the next one.
“We have approved the National Infrastructure Authority (Anin) a year and a half, which should assume the great projects underway. Now the Executive proposes another agency, but that process would take a year and a half, when the government would already be exit, ”said Soto.
The congressman of Free PeruJosé Balcázar, also opposes the initiative and ensures that he will still be deliberate in March. “I don’t think it’s convenient because it would imply greater expenses. It is a bureaucratic problem,” he told the Republic.
“In a general sense, with the respect it deserves, the Executive has no idea how to govern this country and how to control corruption, and are they thinking of changing the structure of the Executive? What we must do is to shrink the State” said the perulibrist parliamentarian.
Balcázar announced that it will vote in abstention.
The parliamentarian of Popular Democratic BlockRuth Luque, warned that there are no guarantees with Boluarte at the head that a new ministry can perform fruits, especially since this government is “characterized by corruption scandals and away from transparency.”
“In addition to the role of local governments, today there is a serious problem of paralyzed works, I doubt that a ministry of this nature solves it,” said legislator Luque.
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His colleague of the Socialist benchAlex Flores, considered that creating a new ministry will cause the centralization of the State in the administration and promotion of public works.
“It is unnecessary, there is no infrastructure authority that has solved the problem of works. So this is nothing more than a populist and dangerous measure because they are aiming to create a ministry to centralize all budgets and handle it with little transparency,” he emphasized The legislator.
The parliamentarian of We can PeruWorthy street, also argued why the Executive project opposes.
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“Because it means an expense to the State that, with its single creation does not guarantee the correct and timely execution of infrastructure projects. What is needed is the simplification of bureaucratic procedures and greater zeal in the conclusion of contracts, which is not It solves with the creation of ministries or new entities, “he said through one of his advisors.
The spokesman for popular renewal, Alejandro Muñante, said that his bench will vote against and emphasized that creating a new ministry will only swell the bureaucratic machinery of the State.
APP Avoid ruling on Executive Proposal
This newspaper asked the spokesman for Alliance for Progress (app)Alejandro Soto, what position his bench has in this regard, but at the close of this note he did not respond.
The president of Congress, Eduardo Sallejuanaof APP, announced that he sent the Executive’s request to the Constitution Commission so that the bill is prioritized. “I invite the presidents of the relevant commissions to initiate with the respective procedure,” he tweeted.
But one thing is to discuss it and another that there are votes.
The initiative to create a Ministry of Infrastructure It was announced in July last year by Dina Boluarte In his message for national holidays. The project arrived at the Rospigliosi commission in August and to date there is no opinion to deliberate and vote.
The president had half a year in 2024 to demand the Congress to prioritize the debate of that initiative, but did not. Now his government is just rushed, just when Parliament is in recess.
