Decentralization process in Peru

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Decentralization process in Peru has long been a major issue in the government agenda.^{[citation needed]}

A referendum was held on October 30, 2005, to decide whether fifteen of the current twenty-five regions will merge to form five new, larger regions.^[1] All citizens who are 18 or older and reside in the affected regions (7'234,321 persons) were entitled to vote.^{[citation needed]}

Voters overwhelmingly opposed the merge, and therefore the regions will stay the way they currently are. Another referendum was scheduled for 2011 or 2012.^{[citation needed]}