A package of five law initiatives related to infrastructure and modernization of current regulations in the areas of roads, ports, airports, transport and telecommunications will be analyzed in the Congress Communications Commission.
These are initiatives that also seek to attract investment and create a modern regulatory framework according to the needs that allow the development of the country.
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At the moment the initiatives start from the members who make up that work room, but the government authorities also plan to address these legislative projects, it was reported.
An integral system
A document of the Communications Commission refers that the proposal will be presented in April in order to begin the necessary discussions and consensus among the various actors of the chain, the possible celebration of internal public hearings to formulate the corresponding opinions, as well as the viability of its approval at the time of some projects.
The first initiative is related to the creation of a specific framework for the hiring of public works. The idea is to create a state hiring system, shorten times, establishes transparency measures in road contracts, ports, airports and emergencies within the road system. In addition, that an immediate exit is provided to the current system in which it is, according to the proposal.
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The second initiative is related to the modifications and update of Decree 93-2000, which is the Civil Aviation Law, before 2001, and during that period the regulations around the world have been modified and modernized and in which part of the commercial aviation depends on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
In the structure of the initiative, it is stated: “We know that there are analyzes that frame that within that regulation standard there is no separation between the regulatory body and the operators, we must regulate independent certification processes where the certifier does not know apart from the certificate, promoting private investment and the possibility that with clear rules Guatemala can be a HUB of regional aviation and this translates into economic development. ”
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Port infrastructure
The third proposal is aimed at the General Law of Ports, and there is the antecedent of the approval of Decree 26-2024, which is the law of the designated authority of the port system, in which said entity is obliged to present in a period of 180 days (six months) a proposal of the General Law of Puerto.
“Port efficiency must be promoted, as well as encourage private investment through the clear regulation of licenses and the creation of specialized ports or springs that respond to the needs of the country,” says the exhibition document.
“There is a prudential period that concludes in May to present the project, and it is working on its design that goes above 60% and this week the members of the National Port Commission (CPN) were presented the methodology, considerations, as well as the structuring of the regulations in its elaboration part,”
Fernando Suriano Buezo, Deputy Minister of Communications
In this regard, the Deputy Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing (CIV) Fernando Suriano Buezo, informed that there is a prudential period that concludes in May to present the project, and the design is being worked on that goes above 60% and this week was presented to the members of the National Port Commission (CPN) the methodology, considerations, as well as the structuring of the regulations in its elaboration part.
There is the part of the final writing and there is a public-private table to know its positions.
As for the proposal in the Aviation Law of the already known and addressed, he explained that there is a part related to the purchases part and was addressed with the authorities of the Ministry of Finance.
Passenger and load transport
In the fourth proposal there is also talk about modifications and update of the Transport Law Decree 253 which was outdated to the current mobility times.
The regulations will update the safety, efficiency and benefit conditions for the provision of a public passenger and cargo transport service, and everything related to land transport.
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Here issues such as mandatory insurance, weights and dimensions, security for passengers, strengthening of Provial, such as an administrative transport police, and a national cargo and passenger transport policy for the modernization of the vehicle park for the industry dedicated to this sector will be included.
Telecommunications sector
The members of the aforementioned commission are also interested in updating the current General Telecommunications Law, and part of the proposal would be to convene a technical table in a private sector that is involved in this sector to make modernization proposals.
In addition to proposing other regulations to reduce the technological gap with developed countries, promotion of technological advances in telecommunications, digital channels, optical fiber and other networks that promote the modernization of the country, among others.
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“An investment attraction and economic development plan has been prepared, which has been identified in the commission that identify three key axes, road infrastructure, greater efficiency in ports and airports and generation of electricity. They are important issues for the country in which a solution must be provided as soon as possible,” concluded Sandra Jovel, president of the aforementioned work room.
Subscription according to Corps of Engineers
Vice Minister Fernando Suriano, who also participates as a holder in the Board of Directors of the Port Company Quetzal (EPQ) in Escuintla, informed that in May the signing of the agreement with the United States Army Engineers (Usace) engineers for the modernization of the recess will be held.
This in the context on the number of ships waiting in the EPQ anchor area reported in the last week, to which the official stressed that “now the theme of the cranes is resolved to be operational the loading and discharge of goods and with the body of engineers the scheduled expansion works in the future.”
He reiterated that the signing of the agreement with Usace will be carried out in the following weeks, after the visit of a mission last February that carried out an evaluation of the infrastructure in EPQ that will be formalized next May.
In 2024, the EPQ mobilized 15.3 million metric tons, which represented 49.2% of the total system that was 31.1 million tons.