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The Head of State stressed that the 2025 budget bill has a priority focus on the regions and a strengthening of the decentralization process.Lima, September 6, 2024. The president of the republic, Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, affirmed today that Peru will never be on the side of dictatorships that lead to hunger and underdevelopment of its population, in reference to the situation that is currently being experienced in the sister country of Venezuela.
We are not going to be part of an electoral fraud; we are not going to support a dictatorial government. We are a democratic nation that respects the rule of law, institutions and the Constitution. We are a peaceful country, always willing to lend a hand when our sister countries require it, the president emphasized.
She specified that, in recent weeks, Peru has been demanding that the Venezuelan authorities present the electoral records to put an end to the questions.
He who owes nothing, fears nothing: let it be counted ballot box by ballot box, vote by vote. If the opposition has presented the minutes on the Internet, granting victory to its candidate, it is up to the government to do the same and present its minutes, in order to resolve this situation definitively, he stressed.
Along these lines, he explained that the recent changes in the ministerial cabinet do not imply a deviation in the Governments policies, since the priorities and commitments to the population remain unchanged.
Our foreign policy remains unchanged, and our position regarding the situation in the sister country of Venezuela remains firm and unchanged, she stressed.
At another time, the head of State highlighted that the Executive has just supported the total national budget for next year, which will be more than 251,801 million soles.
This amount represents an increase of 4.5% compared to the Institutional Opening Budget for 2024, with a priority focus on the regions and a strengthening of the decentralization process. We remain firm in the mission of reactivating our economy, generating employment, unblocking paralyzed works and closing social gaps and providing greater and better opportunities, she said.
She stressed that her Government listens to the regions, therefore, the ministers have the instruction to dialogue with local and regional authorities to know the needs that each sector demands, reach agreements and execute the prioritized works.
That is why, during my administration, we have managed to unblock works that had been waiting for many years and put them into execution. The future of Peru will be better if we work in unity and maintain dialogue, he emphasized.
He then indicated that the Budget Bill for fiscal year 2025 establishes resources that will allow the delivery of 44 more Bicentennial Schools, with which a total of 75 modern and well-equipped schools will be completed, in favor of 118,000 students in Metropolitan Lima and nine regions of the country.
Education is a priority on our agenda. In addition to the Bicentennial Schools, this year we doubled the number of Becas 18 from 5,000 to 10,000, and in 2026 there will be 50,000 scholarships given to qualified students who come from poor or very poor homes, who will be the future leaders of our Peru, he stressed.
He recalled that this year, They are taking important measures that seek to raise the quality of education in our country and improve the conditions of Peruvian teachers.
She noted that 143 million soles were transferred to regions to strengthen technological and pedagogical higher education institutes. Also, since the last week of August, the payment of the social debt for 51,276 teachers has been made effective, with a disbursement of 200 million soles, also transferred to regional governments.
In addition, the 2024 school bonus of 400 soles was paid to 72,420 teachers who entered the Public Teaching Career in March 2024, which together amounted to more than 28 million soles, she noted.
The president made these statements when inaugurating the twelfth Bicentennial School; I. E. 101-1166 Simon Bolivar in Cercado de Lima, which required an investment of 63 million soles and will benefit 794 students from the initial, primary and secondary levels.
