The Emergency Ordinance allocates more than SGD 209 million for immediate action in the event of an emergency due to rains.

He Government published on Tuesday an emergency decree that allocates more than 209 million soles of funding for immediate action in the regions announced in state of emergency due to intense rains, landslides and floods recorded in recent months in various parts of the country and which, according to weather forecasts, will continue in the coming weeks.

The decision was published in the official gazette Peruvian man Its purpose is to establish emergency financial measures to address the inevitable dangers and emergencies caused by natural disasters associated with recent weather events.

For this Executive authorized the transfer of budget lines corresponding to fiscal year 2023 from the contingency reserve of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) “up to the amount of S/209,179,974 soles to the various regional governments and local governments of the regions.” A state of emergency has been declared since February 6.

The decree clarifies that immediate action to rain emergency “They do not include training, technical assistance, monitoring, vehicle acquisition, remuneration or compensation, except for the latter case in the case of third-party services directly related to the care of the public in the face of imminent danger.”

Regional and local authorities will have up to 15 calendar days each month to submit a “report on the activities carried out and the results obtained within the framework established by this regulation.”

The order is valid until the end of the year.

The decree in exceptional cases authorizes regional and local authorities to make changes to the budget to finance activities for the maintenance of equipment and machinery that allow immediate action “to eliminate imminent danger and emergencies.”

Besides, Executive warns that “the specification holders under this emergency ordinance are responsible for its proper implementation, and for the use or assignment of resources included in the application of this emergency ordinance, in accordance with applicable regulations,” the executive order warns.

In this sense, he points out that the resources that are transferred under the emergency decree “cannot be used under liability for purposes other than those for which they are transferred or authorized.”

The decree, signed by President Dina Boluarte, President of the Council of Ministers Alberto Otarola and Economy Ministers Alex Contreras and Defense Ministers Jorge Chávez Crossa, is valid until December 31, 2023.