Presidential candidate Enrique Márquez maintained, from his native Zulia, that if he wins the elections he will focus on decentralizing the country.
“My government will be the government of decentralization. From Zulia I speak to the country and tell it that the time has come for decentralization. As president of Venezuela, I will hand over to states and municipalities all the powers that correspond to them.”
In a meeting with the region’s media this Monday, Márquez recalled that the current national government is the most centralist that the country has ever had, and blamed what he cited as the great inefficiency in public management for this.
He said that in his proposal for decentralization and delivery of powers to states and municipalities he will not deprive political color or ideology. “My pen will not weigh me down to sign the transfer of powers (…) The governors and mayors, in my Government, will not be seen as adversaries, but rather as collaborators in a creative process in which everyone must agree,” said the candidate. opponent.
Regarding this issue, the presidential standard bearer of Centered on People cited as examples the roads, ports, airports, electricity, water, health, education and the bridge over Lake Maracaibo (in the case of Zulia).
No more “godfathers” or “protectors,” promises Márquez
“My government plan does not include the figure of protector of the states or the godfather of the states. We must respect the Constitution; The one who is elected as governor must receive the powers of him as governor; and whoever is elected as mayor must receive his powers as mayor. “I will not appoint godparents or appoint protectors in the exercise of the presidency of the Republic with the favor of God and La Chinita,” Márquez highlighted in the same meeting. .
Likewise, the engineer announced that he is committed to generating the VAT rate for the states again, which will reactivate the FIDES and the Economic Law of Special Allocations, but will also promulgate the Organic Law of the Decentralized Federal State.
“To Governor Rosales who will be in office next year, I say, prepare to receive all the powers that have been taken from Zulia, prepare to receive the resources because I will send a complete constitutional one, not like the current Government that sends the one to pieces and incomplete,” argued Márquez.
Other announcements made by the candidate for the Miraflores seat highlight the opening of an international tender for the construction of Puerto América, reversal of the Law on the Nationalization of Oil Companies, opening of a tender for the construction of the alternative road to the Bridge on Lake Maracaibo, activation of special plans with the National Armed Forces to protect producers and combat the incursion of irregulars into the country.
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