The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) presented a risk analysis in different sectors Keys to the economy. Punctually, in relation to the provision of energy, health and offer in housing solutions.
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This radiography is part of the most recent edition of the Economic Magazine presented by the CGR, in which different analysts participate for Share your vision against different issues of national situation.
Financial crisis in the energy sector
The analysis warns that the billionaire debt that still persists in the energy sector I could have future consequences in the provision of the service. Among the factors that would be promoting this problem are the debts of the State with this industry and the increase in costs.
“We are facing financial difficulties due to the increase in costs and the accumulation of central government debts,” Camilo Sánchez, president of the National Association of Public Services and Communications (Andesco).
The union leader also emphasized that the lack of replacement of energy assets already obsolete would put the technical stability of the system at risk. Especially in areas where electrical infrastructure operates to the limit of its capacity.
“The deterioration not only affects energy efficiency, but also increases vulnerability to extreme climatic events and insisted on the need to expand service coverage, especially in rural areas”mentions the analysis.
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SERVICES IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM
The control entity also reiterated the call it has been making around the risks facing the continuity of health care. This considering The structural and financial crisis that has been presented in the system.
“The system today faces a structural crossroads and said that it is necessary Mention the Comptroller.
In that context, the entity addressed the proposals raised in the health reform project, highlighting that The system requires a sustained fiscal capacity and with greater control.
“Eliminate the intermediation of the Health Promoting Entities (EPS) and concentrate the financial risk in the administrator of the Resources of the General System of Social Security in Health (ADRES) configure a new institutional scenario that, although, seeks greater efficiency and transparency, requires a fiscal capacity, sustained, technically backed and with greater controls”he explained.
In the same way, he warned that the adjustments must guarantee a controlled transition, with the capacity to respond to users and financial stability, first of all the right to health.
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Comprehensive housing policies
Regarding the housing sector, the Comptroller’s Office for the Housing and Basic Sanitation sector found that the National Planning Department (DNP) does not have the technical file for the new housing improvement program, the new housing improvement program, which would prevent evaluating its articulation with the National Development Plan.
Similarly, the entity said that the interruption of the Mi Casa program could already put the continuity of The achievements obtained during 2019 and 2024 in this area.
“The lack of an impact public evaluation, and a strategy to replace this properly articulated initiative, puts at risk the achievements achieved and weakens citizen confidence in the continuity of housing policies,” The CGR pointed out.
In that order of ideas, The Comptroller recommended that the mining ministries, environment and the Treasury advance towards greater intersectoral cohesion, The current disarticulation limits the formulation of comprehensive public policies.
The above, taking into account that, in the aforementioned period, the quantitative deficit was reduced by 50,000 homes and the qualitative deficit in 237,000. This result, according to the control entity, “It reflects a sustained effort to improve the housing conditions of thousands of families, especially in urban areas with high demographic pressure.”
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