The Controversial Trade that Suggested Cutting School Feeding Triggers Cross-Cutting Annoyance Against Minister Quiroz
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Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz has become one of the most influential figures in the government of José Antonio Kast. He is the leader of the 3% cut request that asked each portfolio for an aggressive fiscal adjustment policy and leads the mega-reform project, the National Reconstruction Plan, with mainly economic and tax measures, sent to Congress on Wednesday. This project is the heart of the government.
On Friday afternoon the Minister of Finance, Jorge Quiroz, went out to clarify the scope of an office in his portfolio, which was known on the same day, in view of the future Budget Law 2027 and which contained a list of programs with the results of the Monitoring and Evaluation System of the Central Government, with the suggestions for its becoming. There the idea of discontinuing the School Food Program ($1,061,028,664,000) was the one that ge…
The Ministry of Finance went on to specify the scope of the trades sent to different portfolios in the context of the formulation of the Budget 2027, after any cuts in programs were revealed. Through a statement, the minister Jorge Quiroz emphasized that these documents correspond to an initial stage of the budgetary process and do not constitute definitive decisions or decrees to reduce spending. “The communication sent corresponds to a trade, …
Although there are still more than 6 months to begin processing, the path to the Budget Law 2027 begins with tensions. This, following the approach of the Ministry of Finance, led by Jorge Quiroz, has proposed to cut budget or rightfully eliminate key programs from various ministries, including Education, Safety, Health, Women and Gender Equity, among others.
The Ministry of Finance issued a statement clarifying the controversy surrounding official communications sent to various ministries at the start of the 2027 budget formulation process. According to the Ministry, these documents are part of the routine technical work carried out annually and do not represent decisions made or instructions to cut programs. The Ministry explained that the communications provide guidelines for each ministry to revi…
The holder of the Treasury portfolio ruled out the elimination of educational programs, clarifying that “the only thing that has been sent is a trade”.
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