June 17, 2023, 20:43 PM
June 17, 2023, 20:43 PM
President Luis Arce resisted the request for a change of ministers made by Deputy Rolando Cuellar and will keep his ministers. However, and in the face of questions raised by a part of the pro-government caucus, Arce achieved the commitment of the Ministers of Public Works, Edgar Montaño, and of Rural Development, Remy Gonzales, to change their subordinates.
“The two ministers who were questioned, which was Public Works and the Minister of Rural Development, have apologized and there are some people who have been mentioned within the directions that are not following the management, they will be removed from the directorates of Public Works and the Ministry of Rural Development and lands because they are not supporting the management,” Cuellar said sadly.
This Saturday an “extended cabinet” was carried out quite sui generiswell together with the ministers and deputy ministers The legislators of the renewal wing of the MAS attended. The expanded cabinets organized by the Government were made up of the entire Executive Branch, in addition to strategic companies, and only the presidents of the chambers and heads of benches attended, not the entire bench.
“On the political issue, no decision has been made., they only talked about public management and the coordination that has to be with each bank, in each department. In this sense, all the ministers have said that they are going to coordinate now, they are even going to create a WhatsApp group so that there is direct coordination,” Cuellar concluded.
legislators they complained about the lack of contact with the ministers. “They don’t even answer calls,” they recounted at the meeting. For these claims, the ministers apologized.
For the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Jerges Mercado, what was done at this meeting was a review of the claims of the parliamentarians and the evaluation of the government’s management. Coordination meetings were agreed to close the misunderstandings that exist between the Legislative and the Executive. “We have found some bottlenecks that it is necessary to improve ”, he summarized.
The Minister of the Presidency, María Nela Prada, accompanied by the President of Deputies and Senator Virginia Velasco offered a press conference. Prada read the translated conclusions in a decalogue
The document includes a declaration of intent for the rest of the legislature. Talk about fulfill the mandate until 2025; defend the Government; strengthen Executive-Legislative coordination; publicize the result of ministerial efforts; expedite public investment; increase presence in the media; hold bimonthly meetings of the bench with the Executive; ratify the militancy in the MAS, were some of the agreed conclusions.
“We will not allow for political reasons, to wear down the management of our government It is intended that we all be labeled as guilty of crimes that are personal, and for which those responsible must answer to justice”, Minister Prada read in the sixth point.
According to this document, there is a line, from the opposition, that tries to divide them and they will reject those attempts. That is why they agreed to bimonthly meetings as a sign of understanding and unity.
