These are today's short films Monday, January 2, 2023

Acuña wants to donate his money

airs of governor

After having a great time in Qatar while the country fell apart, APP leader César Acuña was sworn in as regional governor of La Libertad and, in his first official speech, made an unexpected announcement. According to him, he will ask the Regional Council to approve lowering his salary from S / 15 thousand to S / 7 thousand. “That money, the 7 thousand soles that I have left, I will use to buy food from the common pots,” he said. It is very clear that money is not a problem for Acuña, but more important than donating half a salary would be that his officials do not put their finger on public resources.

López Aliaga’s guests

Municipality, government and Congress together

Yesterday it was also the turn of Rafael López Aliaga, who looked forward to being able to officially settle in the Municipal Palace of Lima. He shared a table at the swearing-in ceremony with the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, and the head of Congress, José Williams.

SMP’s eternal debt

the usual problem

And speaking of new authorities, the new mayor of San Martín de Porres (SMP), Hernán Sifuentes, spoke about the transfer of office and pointed out that he received “a municipal management with an approximate debt of S/500 million”, due to the lack of payment of contributions, debt with some suppliers and more. A repeated story for the residents of the district, who, under the excuse of debt, have endured two mayoral administrations –Aldolfo ‘Bobby’ Matos followed by Julio Chávez– with very little progress in the fight against crime and the development of green areas .

New Year Wishes – I

red in the street

On New Year’s Eve, some congressmen seemed to be on the moon of Paita and the sun of Colán, as the saying goes. The spokesman for Democratic Peru, Guillermo Bermejo, called for a 2023 “without a dictatorship” –forgetting that the coup leader and apprentice dictator Pedro Castillo is already in prison–, where the people in unity “conquer the Constituent Assembly”. Opium dreams that are not shared by the majority of Peruvians.

New Year Wishes – II

Alva invokes peace

At the other extreme, the action-populist María del Carmen Alva hoped that this year democracy would be strengthened. “May this 2023 be that of the consolidation of democracy, social peace over destruction and fratricidal confrontation,” she wrote on her Twitter account. It would not have hurt that she also wanted her bench to finally purge ‘Los Niños’.