Congress delays credit approval to reactivate the country

This Thursday, the plenary session of the Congress of the Republic began the debate on Bill 04482, presented by the Executive, with which S / 8,232 million will be directed to continue pushing the economic reactivation and address the emergency generated by weather phenomena.

“The demands for the emergency already exceed S/4,000 million. We are meeting these demands through the contingency reserve and budget reallocations, but the impact that this supplementary credit will have will be key,” said the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Alex Contreras, during his speech. to present the proposal.

He added that the cost of the reactivation will be S/7,840 million, and that part of this amount would be financed with what is approved, which is equivalent to S/4,382 million divided into three axes. In the reactivation of the family economy (S/2,013 million) includes the payment of outstanding debts to 100,000 teachers, mass use of natural gas and access to LPG, delivery of food baskets to vulnerable populations, creation of 50,000 temporary jobs, among others.

For the reactivation of regions (S/2,144 million) it is planned to execute targeted investment projects and, at the sectoral level (S/225 million), spending will be concentrated on tourism, agriculture and care for the environment.

During the debate, legislators from various caucuses requested to include their proposals, for which an intermediate room was approved, which was continuing at the close of this report.

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Additional. Other measures that will cost S/293 million: improve the operation of the Public ministryadminister the assets of the concessions of the Gasoducto del Sur, improve IRTP equipment and contribute to the procedural discharge of the Constitutional Court.