The Autonomous Statute establishes a joint economy for all

The Statute of the Autonomous Department of Santa Cruz (SADSC) approved on December 13, 2007 in the Provisional Autonomous Assembly of the Department of Santa Cruz of the Bolivia is based on a model of joint economy for all where the distribution of the resources is meant to improve the quality of life of the poor and to promote the economical development of the needy regions. It establishes that the Departmental Government only intervenes as regulator of the economical activity and that the private sector, as the most important economic generating agent of employment, grants opportunities of investment and development to the micro, small and big investors of the region.

The section 111 of the Statute of the Autonomous Department of Santa Cruz (SADSC) establishes that not only the already assigned resources to the department by the Political Constitution of the Bolivian (PCB), but also the following ones should be considered as part of the Autonomous Department of Santa Cruz:

The transfers of resources of the General Treasure of the Nation for the administration of the competitions transferred in the Law and the EDASC.

The taxes raised within the department, rates and contributions approved by the Legislative Departmental Assembly.

Profit and Revenues from the administration of the own patrimony.

Donations and legacies.

Resources of the International Cooperation.

The income that the new Departmental Government could generate is important for its consolidation as a politically and administratively decentralized Department.

The transfers of the resources of the GTN (General Treasure of the Nation), according to the established in the Autonomous Statute should be analyzed by the Central Government and the new Departmental Government. A commission by members of both parties should be established for granting the effective transfer.

The Departmental Government will be entitled to obtain resources from neighbor regions and international cooperation, to invest the same ones and to obtain revenues of the forth mentioned investments so they are redistribute equitably.

On the private property

The section 2 of the project of Statute of the Autonomous Department of Santa Cruz (SADCE) approved on December 13, 2007 in the Provisional Autonomous Assembly of the Department of Santa Cruz, establishes that the following should be considered among the rights and fundamental freedoms of the persons in the Autonomous Department of Santa Cruz:

Citizens have the right to private, individual property and collective one, provided that it fulfills a social function.

Citizens have the right to work and to devote themselves to the trade, the industry or to any lawful activity as long as it doesn’t harm or endanger the collective well-being.

Given the fact that the cooperative system is a historical conquest of the people from Santa Cruz (cruceños), the Autonomous Statute will stimulate, encourage, warranty and regulate the functioning of the same one in the department. It is necessary to remember that due to the disregards of the National State, the people from Santa Cruz (cruceños) joined efforts through private groups to provide themselves with public services such as electricity, water and telecommunications.

The Department of Santa Cruz has demonstrated that it has turned into the most forceful region of the country because of its private, solid, job generating initiative. The Internal Regional Gross Product (IRGP) represents the 31 % of the National Gross Product (NGP). Furthermore, the 42 % of the formal employment is generated by its private sector. Santa Cruz provides to the National Treasure with 25 % of the currencies that enter to the country for concept of exports.

The managerial sector celebrates that the Autonomous Statute guarantees the right to the owning of private property of the people from Santa Cruz (cruceños). The empirical international evidence has demonstrated that with high degrees of economic freedom, it is possible to reach high levels of economic development. It means that by respecting the Constitutional State and the private property, it is possible to warranty a successful development of a society.