The government pushed the proposal through in a little more than two weeks, with only token public consultation and no time for reasoned public debate. Given strong opposition from civil-society groups, political parties, the United Nations, and even some business interests, the government’s behavior was both understandable and inexcusable.
新法律并非秘鲁政府所追求唯一的有问题政策。上个月，秘鲁国会批准削弱了政府的环境监督权，声称这能够将经济增长率提供1.5—3%。政府在略长于两周的时间里就推动了这一立法，只是象征性地征求了公众意见，甚至连合理的公共辩论都没有时间进行。公民社会团体、政治党派、联合国甚至一些企业利益集团都强烈反对该立法，因此政府的这一行为是难以理解和宽恕的。