Elmer Cuba, head of Peru's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), stated during the defense of the draft Public Budget Law for Fiscal Year 2027 that the country is experiencing a historic high in per-capita public spending. ^[1] Elmer Cuba claimed that per-capita spending in Peru rose from S/ 5,800 five years ago to S/ 7,800 this year, representing a historical maximum. ^[2] Elmer Cuba, the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), stated that the 2027 budget proposal includes a 3.5% interannual increase totaling S/ 266,506 million. ^[3][7] The minister compared the evolution of the budget and the population over the last five years, indicating that the public budget amounted to S/ 197,000 million when the population was 33.4 million, and reaches S/ 260,500 million with a population of 34 million. ^[4] According to the minister, per-capita public spending went from approximately S/ 5,800 to S/ 7,800, representing an increase of 32% in just five years. ^[5] Legislators accused the budget of containing resource reductions that represented historical minimums for some line items. ^[6] The budget proposal includes an increase in the amount of Pensión 65, a measure that the minister described as fulfilling the promise to double the benefit. ^[8]