This afternoon, the Executive presented a bill to the Congress of the Republic that seeks to forgive the fines imposed in the COVID-19 pandemic to heavy cargo collectivers and carriers. The document sent to the head of Parliament, María del Carmen Alva, is signed by the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, and the head of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torres.
“The standard shall be aimed at carriers, drivers and load generators of the public land transport service of people and goods. Also to those who provide the service of public land transport for passengers in minor vehicles who committed sanctions, which are typified in various national regulations and municipal ordinances”, the previous one specified the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC).
TO WHOM WOULD THIS RULE NOT APPLY?
The MTC specified that, if the law is passed, the cancellation will be limited and will exclude people who have committed serious violations linked to road safety, in addition, that threaten the life and health of their environment.
In this regard, it shall not apply to persons who have been fined for driving with alcohol in their blood in greater proportion than provided for in the Penal Code, or under the influence of narcotic drugs, narcotics or hallucinogens.
Nor will it apply to those who have been sanctioned for not respecting the established maximum or minimum speed limits or for transporting hazardous materials or wastes without the respective authorization and with unauthorized cargo vehicles.
Likewise, those drivers who were fined for having violated the physical integrity of the inspector during the performance of their duties will not benefit.
In the case of the public transport service for passengers in minor vehicles, it is envisaged that district municipalities will approve the list of violations that fall within the scope of the amnesty benefits, excluding those that are directly linked to the occurrence of traffic accidents and the health of the population.
LAW TO PROHIBIT MONOPOLIES
Hours earlier, Pedro Castillo sent a letter to the Congress of the Republic in order to submit to the Legislative for consideration a draft law on constitutional reform for prohibit monopolies.
This initiative aims to “amend article 61 of the Political Constitution of Peru in order to strengthen the actions of the State and guarantee free competition”. That is, it seeks to incorporate into this mechanism the precision that the State facilitates and monitors free competition “in accordance with the principles and purposes of the Social Market Economy”.
In this regard, it points out that “monopolies, oligopolies, hoarding, speculation or price coordination are prohibited, as well as the abuse of dominant positions in the market”.
This proposal expands on the current content of the above-mentioned constitutional article. It merely establishes that, with regard to free competition, the State “combats any practice that limits it and the abuse of dominant or monopolistic positions” and that “no law or agreement may authorize or establish monopolies”.
The Executive's proposal adds a paragraph to the current constitutional text. It states that “the law establishes the corresponding penalties in the civil, administrative and criminal fields for natural or legal persons who fail to comply with this prohibition”.
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