ANR candidate for Governor spoke of creating jobs to combat smuggling and other irregularities.
The candidate for governor for the Colorado Party, César “Landy” Torres, made this reference during a television program in Asunción, when he was especially consulted about his plan to fight corruption prevailing in state institutions in the department. Torres acknowledged that many of his co-religionists fall into these temptations, but it is not just a matter of colorados. “The vices of corruption were committed from other parties as well,” he said.
He stressed that to combat corruption and informality, his plan, already drawn up and sufficiently publicized, is to generate job opportunities to combat smuggling and other illegalities. “As a government, look for a mechanism to generate investment,” he added.
He recalled as an example that the Getulio Vargas Foundation, in Brazil, establishes Paraguay as the best business climate in Latin America, and wondered: “Why don’t industries settle in Alto Paraná, because some public institutions have been transformed into collection offices , with blackmail and bribery, they visit businessmen,” he denounced.
Then “Landy” Torres said that he does not blame officials from Alto Paraná for this situation, since most of them respond to people from the capital. “That is why we drew up a plan and we are going to execute it: the first six months, we are going to suspend all inspections, we are going to give clear signals, the Ministry of Labor, IPS, MADES, no extortive inspection of the business community,” he snapped.
The Colorado candidate for Governor also acknowledged that, when crossing the Friendship Bridge, tourists are already stopped by the military, they control merchandise, an activity that is not the responsibility of the military. “We are going to ask them to leave that sector, where today they are doing unpatriotic work,” he finally said.
