The president of the republic, Nayib Bukele, reported on some changes in the cabinet on Wednesday.
One of these announcements is that the former Commissioner for Strategic Projects, Luis Rodríguez, will no longer compete for alternate for new ideas in the Legislative Assembly, as he has been appointed by El Salvador del Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
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According to the president, New Ideas will replace Rodríguez’s candidacy as a deputy.
The announcement was made this afternoon through his account on the social network Twitter: “I have appointed the former Presidency Commissioner for Strategic Projects as our Country Director at CABEI.”
He also explained that 60% of his salary paid by CABEI will be donated monthly by the presidency.
El Salvador had not had a representative for CABEI since 2019, when this entity removed Guillermo Enrique Funes Cartagena, the brother of former President Mauricio Funes, from the post of country director following a request from the Bukele government after taking office on June 1, 2019.
The president ordered the resignation of former president Funes’ brother at a time when he was focused on announcing through the social network Twitter the dismissal of relatives of former officials of the two FMLN administrations, arguing that they held high positions with expensive salaries.
Bukele also announced that on December 23 he received the resignation of Salvador Alas, known as “La Choly”, from his position as youth commissioner.
According to the president, Alas’ position will not be replaced and will be eliminated.
In addition, he says that he will announce more changes to the cabinet in the coming days.
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