“Congressmen need to listen to the population and get back to the 2023 elections,” says the Environment Secretary.

Yesterday, Friday, the plenum of Congress did not approve the replacement text that proposed to postpone the general election to 2023, for this reason, the proposal to hold a new general election in April 2024.

In this regard, the Minister of the Environment Mr. Albina Ruizpointed out that the President Dina Boluarte It was “very clear and emphatic” about the fact that the executive branch would call said elections on a date determined by Congress, and that it was important that the national representation “listen to the people.”

“We are going to call general elections immediately. In fact, all the ministers discussed with the president that we are not interested in holding our positions. I think it is important that congressmen also listen to the population, as from different fronts, and our president has made this very clear,” he said in a Air Rotary.

He also expressed regret that the parliament there is no “consensus” to approve said proposal and urged parliamentarians to “think” and “reconsider the matter”. As a reminder, there will be a vote next Monday to revise that replacement text.

“I think it’s time to think about the country. I understand that there are different positions (in Congress), but I think it’s time for all of us to do our part. We must meet urgent demands. which have not been taken into account for decades, both in the city and in the countryside. We work in each of the regions. This is a political agenda and the political agenda is also decided from the political space. And this space is in Congress”, I suppose.

In addition, he claimed that “the prime minister and three ministers” went to negotiate this year’s elections with the chairman of parliament and representatives of the Board of Directors, to which he said “believe” that the vote yesterday, Friday

“You still have until January 31 when this first legislature closes. We hope that this weekend will serve you for reflection, and on Monday, when the plenary session resumes, the matter can be taken up again and the course of elections this year determined. and make a second legislature, which can now be convened, from February 1,” he said.

‘Ten beaches continue to suffer from oil spill in 2021’

On the other hand, the head of Minam indicated that her sector is constantly monitoring the state of the Peruvian coast after the hydrocarbon spill registered in January 2020. In this sense, she indicated that 10 beaches continue to be affected.

“During January, we monitored and found that 10 beaches were affected by the oil spill, which are still registering the presence of hydrocarbons. We recently conducted this assessment of 25 beaches, in sand and in water. located from Ancon to Shankai,” he specified.

In this regard, he doubted that Repsol intended to be a “judge and party” in the oil spill, and demanded that information on the state of the beaches be provided through the executive’s communications channels.

“It is important to note here that the only authority that should say whether the beaches are certified or not is the state. The company cannot say this because it cannot be a judge and a party. For this reason, we did not go out earlier without saying anything until we had the results, because we could not come with the test results for September, but the last ones. That is why we started this sample, we have already prepared a plan for this whole year,” he stressed.

In addition, the minister indicated that the executive branch had already taken action against similar cases in the future; but then, in AmazonIn most cases, the cutting of pipes carrying crude oil is done by the residents themselves.

“When Amazon, we have already met to consider what happens in the entire pipeline. Incredibly, they are due to company failures; but the highest percentage is that they are provoked. And they are provoked because when the community produces a spill, the company hires them for SGD 150 a day, which is a day’s wage. This evil. Since these communities have no other income, such a salary is a lot for them,” he said.

Faced with this problem, Ruiz pointed out that the executive branch is already evaluating measures to ensure the economic development of these communities in order to dissuade them from committing illegal actions that endanger the environment.

“We have already begun to look at how many communities, what kind of population it is, and generate sustainable biobusiness projects for them that can enter national and international markets (…) We must work as a state to find another alternative for them and what they do not do this. In addition, they put themselves at risk, they are infected, and they pollute a vulnerable area like the Amazon,” said