The mayor of Piura assures that the executive branch “has not handed over a single sun to assist in connection with the rains.”

During this week, incessant rains in various parts of the Piura region caused significant damage to public infrastructure and, according to data Ombudsmanmore than 5 thousand people left victims Until now.

Considering this, the President Dina Boluarte arrived last Friday in the region where he met with the prime minister, Alberto Otarolaas well as the heads of the Ministries of Defense, Agricultural Development, Irrigation and Housing, as well as the head of Indeci and the regional governor of Piura.

During her visit, the president announced a S$500 million release for the Piura emergency, which will be specified in a state of emergency decree next Monday.

However, Gabriel Madridmayor of the province of Piura, in dialogue with RPP newspointed out that the Minister of Economy, Alex Contrerasduring his visit to the region on March 26, announced the transfer of more 800 million salts for the same purpose, which, as indicated, was not carried out.

“There is something fantastic when the minister of economy comes and says: “We are going to transfer 879 million Singapore dollars to the region”, and people think that these funds have already been transferred to the mayors.” never translated not the sun”, kept.

Given the difference in the transfer amount announced by the president, the mayor pointed out that there was no connection with the situation in Piura.

“Two days ago the President came and said: “We are going to transfer S/500 million”. The communication system is not working,” he stressed.

“The executive branch has its own agenda”

On the other side, Madrid Orue He noted that after the visit of the head of state, coordination with the executive branch to address the emergency climate situation has not improved.

“The lady has come boluart and we counted on coordinated work. When we talked with the governor (regional), we told him why we did not have coordinated work. He told us that, unfortunately, the central government has its own agenda”, kept.

“The central government always has its own agenda, and this is not the agenda of the country. We need a working agenda with which we can address structural issues. Six years have passed and absolutely nothing has been done,” he added.

Besides, Madrid Orue He pointed out that the mayors of the provinces of Piura requested to see the President, but they were not given a meeting.

“We tried to achieve a calm situation. The president came, we asked her for a working meeting, and we were not given. As mayor of Piura, I have met with the minister on two specific issues and they do not visit us. So what are we talking about? it’s a lack of respectconsidering,” he stressed.

In addition, the mayor clarified that he requested 25 tanks from the Ministry of Housing (MVCS) and also did not receive a response.

“There is a project in Piura where 96 communities hoped to get drinking water, because today we have more than 30,000 families with a drainage system destroyed by the flood. We asked the Department of Housing for 25 tanks, and none. the cistern they gave us. Where is help?

In sum, Madrid Orue He pointed to the “lie” that the executive is constantly coordinating with local authorities to address the climate emergency.

“The big problem we have is that help is not coming. Unfortunately, inadequate. For this reason, we called on the authorities, because although they work, they do not reach the level they should reach,” he said.

a strike has been declared

Given this situation, Madrid indicated that a group of provincial mayors and civil society are calling for a strike on 18 April.

“Yesterday we had a meeting with 20 out of 65 akims of the region. piurawe called ourselves an emergency. On Tuesday, we will have a slightly larger gathering not only of mayors, but also of civil society, which feels that, not now, but for many years, it has been ignored by the central government, and not just by the leadership. Dina Boluarte”, kept.

“This is the abandonment felt by the north of the country and today by the population of Piura, because it is not a matter of mayors, they say enough. We have always been a peaceful zone, peaceful during the war, but today we said that this is over, we cannot continue, and we will go on strike,” he added.

The mayor stressed that the situation is “like a pressure cooker”, given the central government’s forgetfulness in meeting the needs of the population. piura.

“Civil society convenes on the 18th. Today at 17:00, provincial mayors have a virtual meeting with the Minister of Defense. On Tuesday we have a self-convening with the mayors of all districts and civil society. We Piurans are tired of being country Cinderella, we are already tired. At this moment of pain, we want the executive branch to look at our region,” he said.