Early today, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, the Economy section of La República covered the presentation of the Minister of Economy and Finance, José Arista, in the Constitution and Regulations Commission of Congress, within the framework of supporting the request of legislative powers.
To which, this section, released a note shortly after Arista’s participation titled: MEF will launch “lifesavers” to the Municipality of Lima and other bankrupt local governments, given that, in one, two, three and four reviews before releasing the news, that was heard from the minister.
“We are going to strengthen subnational fiscal management. Some local governments are bankrupt, such as the case of Chiclayo, La Victoria, and the Municipality of Lima. They need a bailout to revive management and improve the quality of life of the neighbors,” it was heard of the official, who used his 10 minutes of participation to read, with few pauses, his proposals—well, only 9, in the words of the president of said working group, Martha Moyano—.
However, the MEF contacted this section to request that the tenor of the note be changed, given that Arista referred to “the Rímac and the Municipality of Rímac.” It is worth recognizing that it was an involuntary error when listening to Arista. Immediately, it was corrected. Other media such as Gestión also made this error (proof is attached at the bottom of the note).
The note was updated: https://larepublica.pe/economia/2024/05/28/mef-lanzara-salvavidas-a-municipalidad-de-lima-y-otros-gobiernos-locales-quebrados-1566264 with new information, in which we remember that The MML carries a debt of 212% above its income, only surpassed by La Victoria (450%) but better than that of Rímac (102%), according to the annual report on the evaluation of compliance with fiscal rules of the governments. MEF subnationals.
However, due to the nature of digital journalism, the URL of the modified article continues to mention the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, as is the case in the case of the newspaper Gestión.
Source: Larepublica
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