President Pedro Castillo reiterated his stance on fighting corruption and confronting inequality among Peruvians. | Photo: @presidenciaperu

Lima, November 11 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Pedro Castillo communicated his management report during the first 100 days of his government in the Plaza de Armas of Huamanga in Ayacucho, eastern department of the country, with the attendance of 15 of his ministers and the absence of the head of the Cabinet, Mirtha Vázquez.

Castillo recounted the state in which his government received the country, impacted with a global health crisis, corruption and a major economic crisis.  In this sense, he criticized that representatives of some sectors claim that he has done nothing so far during his mandate.

"With little shame, a sector tells me that I have done nothing.  If they in 200 years dedicated themselves to robbing our country, if in 5 or 10 years they did nothing.  Today they want a peasant to enter a government and in 100 days solve it," he said.

In this regard, he pointed out that those who criticize want nothing to change and said that his government has a clear course imposed by the people: "Nobody sets the agenda for me.  I have no bosses.  My only boss is the people.  I am here because of you."

Likewise, the Peruvian president urged all business people to invest in the country and to generate jobs for Peruvians with respect and dignified treatment of workers.

"Today, together with the people, we begin the massification of gas for all Peruvians," said Castillo.  To this end, he commented that talks have already begun with the consortium that owns Camisea, where one of the most important gas fields in Latin America is located, in the hands of the Argentinean company Pluspetrol.

"We will hold a dialogue with the company because we consider that all Peruvians should benefit from the gas," he stated.  On the subject of gas, the Peruvian head of state said that the Gas Massification Bill has already been submitted to the Congress of the Republic and urged its approval.

"Our priority in these 100 days has been to reactivate the national economy", said Castillo before explaining that in order to achieve this goal, they have transferred several resources to keep basic services operative.

In turn, he mentioned that great progress was achieved in vaccination, which he considered essential for economic reactivation. "Between July and September, 300,000 jobs were created", he specified, which will allow those workers to earn their bread honestly.

Pedro Castillo continued his report saying that when he began his administration, only 15 percent of Peruvians had been immunized against COVID-19 and that in his first 100 days that figure has quadrupled, with close to 60 percent of Peruvians vaccinated.