Returning the budget to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) would be a crime, while the town and neighbors wait for works. Not spending is also a form of corruption. This is what the former president of the Tacna Regional Council Jaime Bautista Aquino maintains.
With just 30 days left until fiscal year 2025 closes, it points out that the municipalities of Tacna are at risk of returning more than 30 million soles in ordinary resources, simply because they have not spent them. “This situation not only reflects administrative inefficiency, but also an act of negligence towards a population that demands security, development, water, roads, health and education,” explains the former authority who is a specialist in public management.
Not used despite needs
The question is how to explain that while there are human settlements crying out for basic services, there are municipalities with more than S/321 million available, of which S/215.3 million are allocated to works and have not yet been executed?
“The money is there, but it is not executed. And the most serious thing, if it is not spent, is returned to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, closing the doors to opportunities for progress that will not return. The Comptroller’s Office, congressmen, municipal councils and citizens must raise their voices, because not spending is also a form of corruption by omission,” he asserts.
Execution progress according to category
He assures that there are 17.6 million soles of ordinary resources budget to be spent for “all concepts” in the 28 municipalities of Tacna, which if not spent until the end of 2025, will have to be returned to the MEF.
The 28 municipalities have 39.2 million soles to execute “works” of which only 70% has been spent 30 days before the end of 2025. Below is a table of the progress in budget execution of each of the municipalities in the Tacna region.
Likewise, the 28 Municipalities have a budget of S/ 1,309 million for “activities and projects” with a budget advance of 70.6%.
