Paraguay
Alliana Anticipates Cuts to Nonessential Spending in the 2027 PGN
The vice president said the budget trim will seek to address salary demands from doctors and teachers. According to Unicanal, the bill has already been sent to Congress with allocations for health and education.
Paraguay’s Vice President, Pedro Alliana, said that the General Budget of the Nation for fiscal year 2027 will include an adjustment to spending he considered nonessential, with the aim of responding to salary demands and planned mobilizations by medical and teachers’ unions in September.
According to Unicanal, Alliana said he has been promoting those cuts together with President Santiago Peña and the National Congress, and noted that the planned reduction could be among the largest, although he clarified that it should not affect the functioning of essential agencies.
According to that outlet, the PGN 2027 bill was submitted to Parliament on September 1 and amounts to $25.751 billion. The proposal includes increases for social and health areas.
Still according to Unicanal, the plan provides for 18.2 trillion guaraníes for health, with funds earmarked for system commitments and the supply of medicines and inputs. In education, it contemplates 10.4 trillion guaraníes, including resources for teachers, class hours and the professional pay scale.
Alliana also said, according to that outlet, that the elimination of unnecessary state spending must move forward without compromising institutions such as the Electoral Justice.
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