Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Saturday announced his administration will adopt measures leading to radical changes in terms of access to water across the country.
“In Peru, one third of the population lacks access to safe water and Sedapal [Lima's state-owned water utility] is not providing good service. The upcoming measures will bring very radical changes,” he was quoted as saying by local magazine Somos.
The Peruvian leader assured his administration is changing the police by cutting its bureaucratic red tape, and informed that even though they have not proposed a package of reforms for local governments yet, this is something they plan to do.
The fourth State authority the population cares about is the Judiciary, he said after expressing the need to upgrade it.
“We are totally in favor of institutional improvement. Nobody is against that, we are doing it,” he stated.
On the other hand, Kuczynski referred to inequality in Peru and said it showed a reducing trend. In fact, he stresses the economic strength of socio-economic level C brought Peru to a lower level of inequality [which is huge still] compared to Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.
“The country is currently at an intermediate stage in terms of inequality,” he said.
The 78-year-old recalled the poverty rate has declined from 54% in 2000, at the end of Alberto Fujimori second administration, to 22% right now. “I want to reduce it to 10%,” he ratified.
Furthermore, he believes the return of terrorism in the country is simply not possible.
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Published: 12/10/2016