Fujimori government aims to 'order the state, recover security, unlock growth'

Peru's new government, led by President Keiko Fujimori, has pledged to "order the state to recover security, unlock growth, and turn public decisions into results." Prime Minister Luis Galarreta presented the administration's general policy, emphasizing a commitment to building a functional state that generates opportunities, distinguishing it from "easy populism."

Galarreta asserted that the public expects security, natural disaster preparedness, healthcare, employment, investment, and functioning public services. He described the government's mandate as fulfilling these expectations and addressing the challenges of a state he characterized as "disordered and overwhelmed" by bureaucracy, leading to delays in responding to crime, emergencies, and citizens' needs.

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order the State to recover security, unlock growth, and turn public decisions into results.

The Prime Minister candidly stated that Peru's current difficulties stem from a prolonged lack of leadership and effective management, coupled with tolerance for incompetence, inaction, improvisation, neglect, falsehoods, commercialism, and corruption. He outlined five priority areas for Fujimori's government: reducing citizen insecurity and vulnerability to disasters and climate change, strengthening integral human development and lifelong opportunities, boosting national productivity with formal employment and territorial economic integration, and consolidating democratic governance and the rule of law.

"This government does not come to confront. It comes to solve problems. It comes to organize, to execute, and, within a reasonable timeframe, to start achieving results and be accountable," Galarreta declared. The administration is also preparing a request for legislative powers from Congress, a move previously announced by Fujimori. In its initial weeks, the government has held key meetings with military and police forces, intelligence agencies, the judiciary, and the public prosecutor's office.

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This government does not come to confront. It comes to solve problems. It comes to organize, to execute, and, in a reasonable timeframe, to start achieving results and be accountable.