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Law 1407 of the Economic and Social Development Plan (PDES) 2021-2025 is almost a true copy of the Law 786, approved without claims in 2016 under the management of Evo Morales.
The Vice Minister of Autonomies, Álvaro Ruiz, told Digital Page Seven that the PDES approved this week is the second and that “it does not change at all” in relation to the previous one, except for the nomination of the current norm. He stressed that by 2025 a new longer-term plan will have to be drawn up.
“It is practically the same law from 2016 to 2020, in which medium-term (economic) planning was established (…). It does not change at all, this is the second PDES, and in five years’ time a plan of more than 10 years will have to be made, “Ruiz told this medium.
Digital Page Seven compared article by article Laws 786 and 1407, both presented as Development Plans for the previous and current five-year period, and corroborated that —except for the name of the current norm, “Reconstructing the economy to live well, towards Industrialization with substitution of imports ”- the Development Plan for 2025 is almost a true copy of the 2016 plan.
The only exception is that in that it was established the mandatory nature of nine instances of the State, while in that of 2021 that condition is established for eight.
When reviewing Law 786, article 4 shows that it is mandatory for State entities, as is established by Law 1407, which is being questioned by various sectors these days.
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The 2016 regulation, like the one promulgated this week, specifies that the Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Electoral bodies are included in the “execution and application” of the Development Plan.
Likewise, the Plurinational Constitutional Court, the Institutions of Control and Defense of the Society and the State are cited; Autonomous Territorial Entities, public universities and all forms of organization of the plural economy.
“The plans have to be in accordance with the central level of the State (…). Summits have been held where the departmental municipal associations participated. Authorities and (regional) sectors have been invited, ”said the deputy minister.
For his part, the Secretary General of the Autonomous Municipal Government of La Paz (Gamlp), Julio Linares, stated that the problem of PDES 2021-2025 does not lie in the nature of “mandatory”, but in the origin of the resources.
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Linares explained to this medium that Law 1407 establishes a budget of 33 billion dollars to be executed in this five-year period, but does not clarify the origin of the funds, a point that is observed by the municipality.
That is why he expressed that the concern and the observations are oriented to the origin of the resources, since it is feared that the money will have to leave the coffers of the municipalities.
“We have seen great goals, very ambitious, and a budget of more or less than 33 billion dollars. What the plan does not say is where the 33 billion will be obtained, that is the concern, because for the MAS Government, since 2006, it is customary to create public policy with someone else’s money (…). What they do is create the program, the project and we finance it; they make public policy, they get the applause and those who are financing are the municipalities ”, explained Linares.
He asked the Ministers of Economy and Development Planning to explain where the resources will come from to finance future programs that are included within PDES 2021-2025.
