The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Peru prepared a report in which it proposes to increase the salary of the president by 122% On Biguartewhich would go from winning 16,000 soles per month ($ 4,377 or 3,855 euros) to 35,568 soles ($ 9,733 or 8,570 euros).
He Report was made at the request of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to calculate the amount that corresponds to the president for its functions and was filtered to the media.
Boluarte’s salary is already slightly higher than the rest of former presidents And, if the Executive approves this proposal from the Ministry, the president would win almost thirty -five times the minimum wage (1,025 soles).
Los Latest Peruvian presidentsAlejandro Toledo (2001-2006), Ollanta Humala (2011-2016), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020), Francisco Sagasti (2020-2021) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), won 15,600 soles.
The report details that they have calculated the figure of 35.568 soles According to the methodology and technical and quantitative analysis, and is aligned with the scope provided by the General Office of Human Resources of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
This document also indicates that, in comparison to the salaries of presidents from 12 countries in the regionBoluarte is in penultimate place.
-Before the dissemination of the report, the Ombudsman, Josué Gutiérrezhe was against the time of increase in crime that the country is experiencing and assured that The population “is not there to discuss these issues”.
“I believe it would be a nonsense, I don’t think we are in an adequate scenarionot to mention. I advocate for the strength of the institution and by the same fact I would ask the president, the president of the Council of Ministers and the ministers who have more tino, more empathy with the population, “he told the press.
Gutiérrez added that look unlikely that this increasesince there are currently other more important priorities and said they must focus their work on the fight against citizen insecurity and childhood protection.
“Talking about the salary increase would be the worst that can be done,” he concluded.
In this regard, the National Civil Service Authority (SERVAR) issued a statement in which he pointed out that the salary increase is part of “a progressive ordering process in the State Remuneration System.”
“Es MEF competition the fixation evaluation of the amount of the economic compensation of the position of President of the Republic, this high proposal being for consideration of the Council of Ministers and subsequent approval by supreme decree, “he added.
