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Peru health ministry idle S/1.5M in biomedical equipment; Contraloría flags delivery delays
La República (Peru)LO·PE · PR·3 days ago
Peru's government issued an emergency decree allowing state entities to bypass bidding for contracts and use private properties to prepare for Pope León XIV's November visit. This is a routine administrative measure to expedite logistics, but it raises governance concerns about transparency. The decree is specific to the visit and does not signal broader policy change.