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Election: Camilo pledges urban development and easier private investment in Asunción

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Asunción mayoral candidate Camilo Pérez said he would enforce the city’s regulatory plan while making the municipality more efficient and transparent.
  • He proposed digital approvals, closer cooperation with private investors, and development projects on municipal land.
  • Pérez said his first 100 days would prioritize a city without rubbish or potholes and with improved security.

Camilo Pérez wants Asunción’s municipality to stop acting as a brake on construction. Speaking at a discussion with the College of Architects of Paraguay, the mayoral candidate promised “clear rules” and “agile processes” to reduce bureaucratic delays.

Pérez, who heads the Paraguayan Olympic Committee and is running for the National Republican Association, said urban growth must respect and enforce Asunción’s regulatory plan. He paired that with a call for a more efficient and transparent municipality.

We have to be facilitators. Delays to a project cannot be caused by municipal bureaucracy.

· Camilo PérezThe mayoral candidate argued for faster digital procedures for approving construction projects.

The candidate proposed moving building approvals to faster digital processes. “We have to be facilitators. Delays to a project cannot be caused by municipal bureaucracy,” he said.

The municipality has to be a strategic partner in development, not an obstacle. We have land that can generate solutions for the city and, at the same time, revenue for the municipality.

· Camilo PérezPérez presented his proposal for joint real-estate projects on municipal land.

He also called for stronger cooperation between the municipality and private companies on real-estate projects using municipal land. Under his proposal, the city would share in the benefits generated by those developments. Pérez cited parking facilities in the Historic Center and other strategic areas as one possible example.

“The municipality has to be a strategic partner in development, not an obstacle. We have land that can generate solutions for the city and, at the same time, revenue for the municipality,” he said. Looking toward the first 100 days of a potential administration, Pérez highlighted three priorities he said residents repeatedly mention, from Carmelitas to the Bañados: a city without rubbish, without potholes, and with greater security.

A city without rubbish, without potholes, and with greater security.

· Camilo PérezHe described the priorities of his proposed first 100 days in office.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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