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President José Jerí Launches Three-Month Regional Tour at Huánuco Council

Regional governors use the Huánuco forum to press for concrete decentralization.

Overview

  • Jerí opened the Huánuco session of the Regional Council of State alongside Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez, ministers and all 25 regional governors.
  • He begins a three-month itinerary to visit every region with his cabinet, with planned stops beyond regional capitals into provinces and districts.
  • The agenda includes signing a Supreme Decree for the Ruta Productiva Exportadora and an agreement to evaluate the Megapuerto de las Américas in Corío.
  • The National Assembly of Regional Governments set decentralization as the central demand, seeking transfers of competencies, budgets and technical capacity to the territories.
  • Jerí said he is keeping his congressional salary and pledged to publish results from state-of-emergency operations as measures like the two-rider motorcycle restriction remain in force.