He President of the Judiciary, Javier Arévalowarned during the official ceremony for Judge’s Day, that the Public Budget Directorate, a unit attached to the Ministry of Economy, “arbitrarily” cut S/3.5 billion from its sector. In response, the President Dina Boluarte He assured him that this amount will be returned to the entity.
“I want to congratulate the President of the Judiciary for that sincere speech. Mr. President, you can be confident that the millions that have been cut from your budget will be returned,” he announced at the end of his speech.
Just a moment before, Arévalo had denounced the budget cuts in front of her. “I want to raise my voice to reject the letter 086-2024-F-5003 of July 12, by which the Public Budget Directorate arbitrarily cuts our budget for 2025 by more than S/3.5 billion, in line with Law 28821, the Law of Coordination of the Judicial Branch and the Executive Branch for the Programming of the Formulation of the Institutional Budget of the Judicial Branch,” he said.
He added: “Perhaps you, Madam President, do not know it, perhaps the Minister of Economy does not know it, but a mid-level official tells us in a branch of the State: ‘I will take away S/3.5 billion and, regarding the balance, we will discuss the application of the Law of Coordination of the Judicial and Executive Branches on budget programming.’”
Arévalo Vela argued that this cut should be discussed with the head of the Ministerial Cabinet, Gustavo Adrianzenand with the Minister of Economy and Finance himself, Jose Aristahowever, these processes would have been skipped.
“Madam President, what this official has done goes against your policy because you have expressed your concern for the fight against crime. You know how successful the flagrancy units are, but with this cut, the possibility of continuing to implement them is destroyed,” he said.
