stated on Friday that the Executive Branch is preliminarily satisfied with the expansion of the Comprehensive Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo) approved by Congress, which includes the main changes proposed by the government.
"It should be made clear that the main points proposed by the government—such as making it one year and including the 50,000 who had already been excluded—essentially the main points for us, have left us satisfied with the bill that was approved yesterday," he expressed.
The President said Congress has understood with these changes that, while there is a real problem with informal miners, it is also necessary to safeguard the interests of the Peruvian State as a whole.
"It is a intermediate position; it is not ideal. Ideally, we would not have had to extend it, but given the reality we have inherited, it was the best we could achieve at this moment as a middle ground. We are preliminarily satisfied, hoping that it will be validated or confirmed in the second vote," he underlined.
The Head of State highlighted that these changes were approved by consensus among Congress, the Executive Branch, and sectors.
He added that his administration's position has taken into account a large part of the miners who are protesting, as well as everyone involved in this issue.
"Worse would be to approve nothing and create uncertainty. The government has committed to not generating uncertainty on an issue that can be indeed resolved, and it is a matter we have been able to reach a consensus on with Congress, which had taken a different position," he said.
In that regard, the top official noted that the principle of authority will have to be enforced in response to the blockades that continue in some parts of the country.
He added that everyone must fulfill their obligations, as is appropriate in a rule-of-law state.
Peru-Ecuador Cabinet
The President said that one of the main topics he will address with his Ecuadorian counterpart, Daniel Noboa, at the upcoming Binational Cabinet meeting will be how to jointly combat transnational crime.
"There are several pending issues; we have the Puyango-Tumbes project and various matters in common, but for Peru, for our country, the main issue is how to jointly fight transnational crime," he told reporters.
Regarding the fight against crime, one of his government's central issues, the Head of State clarified that new measures will be implemented and existing actions will be reinforced as needed, as occurred at the Tacna border, where an excess of confidence was corrected.
The top official also mentioned that Prime Minister Ernesto Alvarez will meet with transport unions, a sector with which there is ongoing communication, and for which concrete measures are being implemented against criminal attacks, such as the panic button mechanism.
"The government is acting with concrete measures. Unfortunately, criminals continue to contribute to the chaos, but we are tackling each incident individually; it will never be enough," Jeri stated.
"We have inherited a government with a lot of problems, which are even more visible in matters of citizen security," he added.
Regarding security for presidential candidates, the President said that guarantees must be provided to all citizens equally in this electoral context, with an emphasis on those who will be the next representatives.
"That is already defined; there is a plan that has been set according to specific dates. We are just days away from beginning to implement that plan. Surely, if there are any additional measures we need to adopt, we will do so, but we will see how events unfold," he pointed out.