Peru's Kuczynski takes post with a vow to campaign inequality
By Reuters

Published: 21:52 BST, 28 July 2016 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 28 July 2016









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LIMA, July 28 (Reuters) - Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took place as Peru's Chief Executive on Thursday, interrogatory the opposition-controlled Copulation to aid him fight down income inequality and insure completely Peruvians feature get at to operative water, wellness aid and unloosen elementary educational activity.

The 77-year-honest-to-god Oxford-enlightened old investing banker, deemed "elitist" by opponents in lastly month's sloshed election, aforesaid he would overhaul Peru with policies aimed at nurture the incomes of the poorest patch militant racism, sexism and corruption.

"I want a social revolution for my country! I long for Peru in five years to be more modern, more just, more equal," Kuczynski said ahead lawmakers, his Dry land phratry and heads-of-states in the region.

Peru's thriftiness has More than doubled since the commencement of the century, Nomor Cantik helped by high gear prices for its material exports during a decade-farseeing good smash. Merely single in quatern Peruvians unruffled lives in poorness and loads of towns lack canonic services.

"The progress we have made is undeniable, but we all know we need to do more, much more," aforesaid Kuczynski, who replaces extroverted President Ollanta Humala, a sometime field officer.

Following his inauguration, Kuczynski waved and blew kisses to supporters as he walked done Lima's historical sum wear the red-and-Edward White presidential waistband.

Kuczynski was sworn in by the New President of Congress, Luz Salgado, a penis of the right-wing democrat party, headed by Kuczynski's thwarted run-remove match Keiko Fujimori, that nowadays holds 56 percentage of seats in Coition.

Applause from lawmakers in Fujimori's party was lightheaded end-to-end Kuczynski's speech, even out as he assign more accent on elite issues than the business-friendly economical policies he is best known for as a early finance minister of religion and Earthly concern Rely economic expert.

The Word of European immigrants WHO grew up in Republic of Peru ahead disbursement years in the United States, Kuczynski praised Peru's inheritance as the birthplace of the Incan Conglomerate and former cultures which farmed and well-stacked cities and roadstead prospicient earlier the Spanish people subjugation.

"Let's not forget this is a millennial country and a cradle of civilization," Kuczynski said as he named for an terminate to secernment against the autochthonic and mixed-descent majority.

By 2021, Kuczynski aforesaid Peru would be a appendage of the developed-country gild the Establishment for Economic Co-surgical process and Maturation (OECD). He reiterated plans to dilute bolshy record holding indorse buck private investments and turn down the Note value Added Tax charge per unit to further informal businesses to pay off taxes and furnish benefits to workers. (Reporting by Mitra Taj; Redaction by Sandra Maler)