Although the Executive has indicated that next year’s budget is “austere”, where there seems to be a brake is in the remuneration of the officials. During his presentation before the Plenary of Parliament, the president of the Council of Ministers, Eduardo Arana, reported that in 2026 S/93,538 million will be allocated for wages.
In a painting that the Premier showed before the legislators, it is observed that this amount is 12% higher than the S/83,666 of 2025, and there is also almost 65% above the S/56,803 million of 2023.
The data provided also show that of the S/93,538 million, S/48.5 billion are for national government remuneration, S/32,782 million for regional governments and S/7,417 million for premises.
“The sustainability of the remuneration in the three levels of government, mainly in education, health, interior and defense, has been ensured. This implies an increase of S/9,883 million compared to the previous year. We guarantee the continuity of the remuneration corresponding to the public sector personnel, our most important resource for the implementation of public policies,” said Arana.
The 2026 salaries amount represents more than 36% of next year’s total budget, which amounts to S/257,562 million. In addition, it is above the S/37,293 million that will be given for the continuity of investment projects.
In this regard, the former Minister of Economy, Luis Miguel Castilla, told this newspaper that the remuneration figure reflects an “lack of control by the Executive and Congress” that will eventually affect the fiscal balance.
“This has to do with Congress initiatives referring to increases in salary scales, appointments and other decisions in which they have not been limited, there was no demand for unconstitutionality and there we have the consequences,” he added.
In that sense, he affirmed that there is no justification for an increase of almost 12% and stressed that this increase is being made on the basis of income that today is high thanks to the good metal prices.
“I am surprised that austerity is spoken, when it is not what we are seeing. What is being approved is not sustainable over time,” he said.
DATA
- The total budget of next year will grow 2.2% if compared to the 2025.
- The Ministry of Economy reported that more than 50% of the budget will be concentrated in the sectors of education, health, transport, social forecast, public order and security.
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