Peru's obligations in the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking will be met in a rigorous and efficient manner,
"We will act in terms of reducing supply and demand, but in a sustainable way over time. We are fed up with the permanent cycle of eradicated crops/replanted crops that has been occurring in the high jungle," she expressed during a Congress' plenary session.
According to the Cabinet Chief, the Executive Branch wants to achieve —under the leadership of a strengthened
National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs (Devida)— binding agreements with producers for a new registration and the adoption of a social control which helps to comply with the law, as well as reduce coca areas and its production, promoting the alternative crops policy.
"In coordination with the rest of sectors, we will prioritize what can do the most harm to drug trafficking: identifying illicit money, as well as external signs of wealth, and large drug shipments," the high-ranking official indicated.
"We cannot rule out any public policy option to improve on the 30-year record of past policies which had been unsuccessful," she said.
In this sense, "we are going to review the control and supervision regimen for coca crops, which began in 1978."
"Eradication will always be an available strategy," she concluded.
According to Article 130 of the Constitution, the Prime Minister must attend Congress joined by the Cabinet to present and debate the Government's General Policy —within 30 days after having been sworn in to office.
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