Overview
- The Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros published Resolución Ministerial N.° 193-2026-PCM in early June to form selection committees that will run public contests for board members of Peru’s utilities and infrastructure regulators.
- Business lobby ComexPerú issued a formal request that the transitional government modify or postpone the process and leave final selections to the incoming administration because the vote to appoint leaders falls less than two months before the transfer of power.
- The PCM has said the transitional government will only open the public contest and will not itself appoint regulator directors, saying the incoming administration should make final designations.
- Opinion writers and experts warn the episode exposes a deeper fragility: ministerial resolutions and past executive moves have eroded practical regulator independence despite legal protections, and the OECD’s April 2026 report cites uneven implementation, high technical turnover and poor coordination.
- Analysts say weakened regulators with tight budgets will struggle to produce the evidence needed for sound oversight, a shortfall that could scare off private investment needed to close the MEF-estimated S/ 284,183 million infrastructure gap and affect service quality for citizens.