Last Monday, Panorama released a report prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)of April 28, in which it is recommended to raise the salary of the head of state of S/ 16,000 to S/ 35,568.
“This value maintains the reference of presidential wages in the region, ensuring coherence with the international context”Pray the document.
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The mention report is ready for debate in the Council of Ministers. Once it receives the approval of all the ministers, the government will have to publish the respective Supreme Decree in the official Gazette El Peruano To make official the Boluarte salary increase.
It should be remembered that in 2006 the then president Alan Garcia He ordered to reduce the presidential salary of S/ 42,000 to S/ 15,600, as well as the salary of the Ministers of State, something that was criticized at the time. Since that date, the salary of the nation president has not been modified.
The document specifies that, in accordance with Law No. 28212 (approved in 2004), the president must receive the highest remuneration within the Nation service, “In accordance with its level of responsibility and representative function”.
In addition, the MEF argues that, to fix the Boluarte salary, two components should be taken. The first of these is a comparison with the salaries of other heads of state in the region.
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“Component 1 establishes a reference point based on the salaries of the presidents of Latin America with similar characteristics to the President of the Republic of Peru. Its purpose is to ensure that presidential remuneration is aligned with comparable regional standards”read in the document.
In that sense, it was recalled that the salary of the president is the second lowest in South America, compared to other rulers. Only exceeds Luis ArcePresident of Bolivia.
Meanwhile, the second component defines a reference point considering the economic compensation of the senior officials of Peru. Factors such as the level of responsibility and the decision of the decision of the charges are taken into account, guaranteeing coherence in the salary structure of the public sector.
“In terms of hierarchy and responsibility, its position (Dina Boluarte) is superior to that of the Ministers of State, so their financial compensation should reflect this preminence”holds the MEF.
The MEF proposed to raise the salary of President Dina Boluarte. Photos: Francisco Neyra / GEC
In dialogue with Managementthe former president of Constitutional Court (TC), Ernesto Álvarez Mirandahe considered that the increase in salary of the head of state is legally viable.
“From the legal point of view, the proposal is viable, because there is a technical report that comes from the MEF that supports it and has no major discussion, from that legal and constitutional point of view”held.
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For the former TCMagistrate is “Technically necessary” the increase in the salary of the senior state officials so that there is a uniformity and motivate them; However, he considered that it was not the right time to carry it out.
“It is not the political moment to talk about climbing salaries, less than a person who instead of leading the country and relieving the main problems, at least clarifying them and taking away the severity, does precisely the opposite. No manager obtains a salary improvement when he does not have good results”said the lawyer.
“It was not the best moment. What the president can do is announce that he will not charge the additional salary, but that he supports the sincereness and readjustment of the remuneration in the public sector, especially for the senior officials. Thus it would be well politically”Álvarez Miranda said.
The Council of Ministers must evaluate a MEF report to increase the salary of President Dina Boluarte. (Photo: Presidency)
For its part, the constitutionalist lawyer Beatriz Ramírez Huaroto He warned that the probable salary increase in Boluarte to S/ 35,568 would exceed the legal limit allowed.
In conversation with this newspaper, he recalled that Law 28212, which determined that the President of the Republic must have the highest salary of the public service, establishes a limit: 10 USP (Public Sector Remuneration Unit).
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“In that law, which has not been repealed and is 20 years old, it is established that the presidency wins 10 USPL. By 2025, the MEF has established that this unit is worth S/ 2,600 and, therefore, if one is guided by that legal framework, we have the next figure after making a multiplication: 10 x 2,600 is S/ 26,000. That is the maximum amount, so that the proposal allowed the proposal.he said.
In that sense, Ramírez said that it would be necessary to see what actions the legal areas of the PCM adopt to try to justify this proposal that collides what is stipulated in a law.
“Neither Ollanta Humala that promoted the Civil Service Law changed the presidential salary to benefit yourself, did it for other entities. It is striking that this is now trying to do this, above the legal range”he questioned.
Through a statement, the National Civil Service Authority (Servar) He pointed out that this possible increase in the president’s salary “It is part of a progressive planning process in the State Remuneration System”.
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For Ramírez, this argument is debatable because if the executive really wanted to make a true reform, he had summoned experts and respected the rules.
“If they wanted progressivity in the presidency’s salary, then it is in the following government, what is the interest of doing it right now? The trouble is that the president benefits. This must occur within the margins of the law.”held.
Journalist graduated from the Federico Villareal National University, with a specialty in politics, society and data analysis. In 2017 I entered the newspaper Management and currently covered judicial and parliamentary issues.
