Peru's fiscal watchdog urges the incoming government to use a landmark court ruling to annul costly laws that add billions to the state's yearly bill.
Key Facts
—The ruling. Peru’s Constitutional Court stripped Congress of the power to create or raise public spending.
—The call. The Fiscal Council urges the incoming government to use it to challenge costly existing laws.
—The window. Because the new criterion is retroactive, the government has up to six years to file.
—The targets. Named laws cover teacher, police and military pensions, contract-worker bonuses and new universities.
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