Overview
- The draft request for 120 days of delegated legislative authority is being reviewed by all 19 ministries and, according to Midagri minister Marco Vinelli, is slated for final debate and ratification at the Council of Ministers on Sunday, August 2.
- If approved by the cabinet the bill will be sent immediately to Congress to begin committee review and move through the new bicameral legislature for fast-tracked consideration.
- The executive frames the powers as tools to act quickly on public security, overcrowded prisons and emergency response to El Niño while also pursuing measures to boost production, simplify administration and modernize the state.
- The draft includes sensitive labor proposals that would create a single gradual payroll regime with proportional calculation of pension, CTS and bonus contributions and a proposal to roll back some recently added public holidays, though officials publicly deny any cut to core labor rights.
- President Fujimori’s announced minimum wage rise to S/1,300 has been placed in technical review and, as Labour Minister Juan Sheput noted, any final figure or yearly indexation will require agreement in the tripartite National Labour Council, which can delay or reshape the proposal.