Minister Alex Contreras stressed that the S / 12,000 million that would be lost in favor of the country’s large debtor companies would serve to reactivate Peruvian agriculture up to twelve times.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contreras, reiterated its rejection of the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court (TC) that prohibits the collection of default interest from companies that maintain debts with the Peruvian State, but that extend their processes until they reach the Judiciary. In this line, he assured that they will defend the rights of Peruvians to a fair collection that allows them to get out of the economic crisis.
During the presentation of the Con Punche Perú Agro program, this Tuesday, February 28, Contreras declared that he was confident that the Constitutional Court would back down on its decision, which seriously affects the powers of Sunat and sets a dangerous precedent.
“There is enormous damage to the country. I hope that this, at least, can be clarified thinking about the enormous needs that we have (…) On the side of the MEF we are going to defend the rights of Peruvians, so that the debts that the Sunat has won fairly, they also include interest, which is fair,” he declared.
In this sense, he recalled that the Sunat has submitted a request for annulment, while, from the side of the MEF, they have extended a request for clarification of the sentence, which they considered generates “negative and perverse incentives for litigation”, with interest moratrios that, when arriving at this instance, are going to “finish up liquefying”.
“We have been clear, there are two enormous costs for the State: first, S/12,000 million in potential revenue losses. We are investing S/1,000 in agriculture with this historic reactivation program, with a look at infrastructure, empowerment, markets and growth. So multiply that by twelve to see what we could do,” he explained.
“The current scheme is absolutely clear, if the terms exceed the legal ones, it makes sense that companies do not pay additional interest, as it would be unfair. But in the Judiciary there are no legal terms,” he added.
Source: Larepublica
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