The list of resources for legislators’ expenses was raised by S/204 million, in accordance with the text approved in the Plenary.
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This Thursday, November 30, the 2024 Public Budget was approved, which amounts to S/240,806 million.
Beyond being labeled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) as a “people’s budget”; Legislator Flor Pablo warns that the resources available to Congress for the next fiscal year increased by S/204 million in a context where poverty is rising due to the cooling of GDP.
Thus, the budget of Congress will go from S/879 million 744,600—in the Initial 2023 Opening Budget—to S/1,084 million 148,245.
“In the midst of an economic recession, increasing the congressional budget by more than S/ 204 million is irresponsible and expresses a total lack of empathy in the face of the country’s great emergencies,” he said on X (Twitter).
Pablo regretted this situation and acknowledged that he voted against, since he believes that the budget should have been directed towards rural education, mental health, orphans and the fight against anemia instead of raising it “for an institution that only has 6% of the approval of the population”.
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Source: Larepublica
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