Once the vetoes are overcome and if President Bukele rejects it again, they must be sent by the executive to the Constitutional Chamber to decide the controversy,
The Assembly on Wednesday overcame three vetoes by President Nayib Bukele, the most important one involving the $ 250 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that allows for the increase in the minimum pension from $ 207 to month and for municipal development projects.
Another decision is a $ 50 million loan to complete payment for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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If the veto is passed and if President Bukele rejects it again, it must be sent by the executive to the Constitutional Chamber, which must decide the controversy, either in agreement with Bukele or with the Assembly.
“We are going to lift the veto to guarantee this increase in the minimum pension so that it does not end up underfunding all year round and that this government later, as usual, says it will need more funding,” said the deputy. FMLN earlier. , Yanci Urbina.
According to him, the budget for 2021, as approved by the General Assembly, will be funded, but with Bukele’s veto over the funds from the $ 250 million IDB loan, he knocked it off balance.
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An additional $ 125 million of that loan will go to municipal development projects, which is one of the arguments put forward by Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya as to why the presidency decided to veto. According to Zelaya, opposition deputies are seeking resources for the election campaign, something the mayors denied in Assembly on Wednesday.
The municipal heads asked the deputies for their support in questioning the Minister of Finance precisely because he did not pay the Fodes for 8 months last year. The mayor of Antiguo Cuscatlán, Milagro Navas and president of the Comures, flatly rejected Zelaya’s criticisms.
Congressman Norman Quijano, of ARENA, stated that in order to keep the nation’s spending stable this year and the budget balance required by the budget, it is necessary to overcome Bukele’s vetoes.
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