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The Paraguayan Chamber of Supermarkets urged the new mayors to facilitate the activity business and improve urban services. He warned that municipal controls should not become mechanisms of pressure, extortion or an “invisible tax” for formal companies.
Its approach combines four priorities: less bureaucracy, clear rules, agile procedures and controls aimed at correcting and improving.
The Paraguayan Chamber of Supermarkets, Capasu, He proposed to the new municipal authorities an agenda focused on reducing bureaucracy, establishing clear rules and streamlining procedures to attract investments and generate employment. In a statement, the union maintained that the management of municipalities has a fundamental role in the economic development of cities and demanded conditions that favor the growth of companies that operate within formality.
The statement, addressed to the new mayors of the Paraguaybegins with congratulations to the elected authorities and a wish for successful management at the service of their communities. Next, the chamber positions local governments as central actors in turning economic opportunities into investments and jobs. “The economic development of Paraguay also begins in each municipality,” the statement states. From that perspective, Capasu considers that mayors are fundamental protagonists of the microeconomy of their cities.
Controls that facilitate formality
One of the most emphatic points of the document refers to the relationship between municipal administrations and companies. For the union, efficient management must generate the necessary conditions for businesses to want to establish themselves, expand their operations and hire workers.
Its approach combines four priorities: less bureaucracy, clear rules, agile procedures and controls aimed at correcting and improving. Regarding this last aspect, he warns that inspection should not become a tool of pressure or extortion, nor function as an “invisible tax” for those who work within formality.
The warning constitutes a general claim to the new authorities. The statement does not identify municipalities or describe specific cases, but places the quality of administrative procedures and controls among the necessary conditions to promote investment.
Infrastructure and services to attract companies
The position of Capasu It also links the development business with the state of the cities. The union demands orderly municipalities, with good infrastructure, mobility, cleanliness and well-kept public spaces. “A city that is attractive to live in must also be attractive to invest in,” the document states. With this approach, the chamber incorporates the provision of urban services into its economic agenda and highlights the municipal responsibility in building a favorable environment for commercial activity.
Likewise, he maintains that each company that is established and each business that grows generates opportunities so that more people can work and progress in their own city, close to their families.
An investment and employment agenda
Capasu recognizes that the Central Government can promote great policies, but emphasizes that development takes place in each municipality. For this reason, it considers that good local administration is decisive in attracting investments, generating employment, strengthening the economy and improving the quality of life of the population. The union closes the statement with a willingness to work together with the authorities for more efficient municipalities, which are committed to greater formality, investment and employment.
His message to the new mayors thus places municipal management at the center of the economic agenda: facilitating business activity and improving urban conditions are, for Capasudecisive responsibilities to promote the growth of cities.
