Minister López on President Boric: “Performance bonuses work in all private companies, and they also work in the Chilean government.”

Amid the controversy generated after the incentive payment became known, the Secretary of State stated that the granting of this type of bonus responds to a cross-cutting evaluation model in the public sector. Public Works Minister Jessica López came out in defense of the government against criticism of the performance bonus received by President Gabriel Boric, assuring that the mechanism is part of an institutional system that has been in place for decades and does not depend on the current government. Amid the controversy generated after the incentive payment became known, the secretary of state stated that the granting of this type of bonus responds to a cross-sectional evaluation model in the public sector. "I understand that throughout the Chilean state there is a system that considers a set of institutional performance indicators and that, based on that, it is associated with bonuses, so I hope to have received it. I think it's fine,“ said the minister when asked if she had also received it. López stressed that this mechanism is not exclusive to the current administration, but is part of a permanent structure of the state. ”All government authorities and all authorities of the Chilean state have a component that has to do with institutional performance. That's good, because it makes us focus on the quality of our performance, on the efficiency of our performance, and on something that we must constantly continue to improve,“ she said. The minister also compared the system to the private sector. ”Performance bonuses work in all private companies, so they should also work in the Chilean government and in public companies," she said, emphasizing that the indicators are defined in advance. As she explained, these parameters are established at the beginning of each year and are public. “They are all defined indicators, defined at the beginning of each year,” she explained, clarifying that “these are bonuses that exist in the Chilean government; they do not depend on the administration. It is a system that has been in place for decades.” In response to questions and requests from some members of Congress to go to the Comptroller's Office to review the legality of the benefit, López ruled out the need to resort to that body. “There is no need to notify the Comptroller's Office. This is an existing system that is public, and the indicators for each of the services are available,” she concluded. Public Works Minister Jessica López defended the government against criticism of the performance bonus received by President Gabriel Boric, assuring that the mechanism is part of an institutional system that has been in place for decades and does not depend on the current government. Amid the controversy generated after the payment of the incentive became known, the secretary of state affirmed that the granting of this type of bonus responds to a cross-sectional evaluation model in the public sector. "I understand that throughout the State of Chile there is a system that considers a set of institutional performance indicators and that, based on that, it is associated with bonuses, so I hope to have received it. I think it's fine,“ said the minister when asked if she had also received it. López stressed that this mechanism is not exclusive to the current administration, but is part of a permanent structure of the state. ”All government authorities and all authorities of the Chilean state have a component that has to do with institutional performance. That's good because it makes us focus on the quality of our performance, on the efficiency of our performance, and on something that we must constantly continue to improve," she said. See more The minister also compared the system to the private sector. «Во всех частных компаниях действуют бонусы за результативность, поэтому в государственных компаниях Чили и в государственных предприятиях тоже», — указал он, подчеркнув, что показатели заранее определены. По его словам, эти параметры устанавливаются в начале каждого года и являются общедоступными. «Все показатели заранее определены, они устанавливаются в начале каждого года», — пояснил он, уточнив, что «это бонусы, которые существуют в государстве Чили, они не зависят от правительства, это система, которая работает уже десятилетиями». В ответ на вопросы и просьбы некоторых депутатов обратиться в Контрольную палату для проверки законности этой льготы, Лопес отклонил необходимость обращения в этот орган. «Нет необходимости обращаться в Контрольную палату, это существующая система, которая является публичной и в которой есть показатели для каждой из услуг», — заключил он.