The Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, referred to the resources that will be allocated to address the emergency derived from the winter wave that is experienced in the country.
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As recently reported by the Government, the cost of declaring a national disaster will be $1.7 billionan amount that will be used to help the areas affected by the heavy rains and also to begin a relief plan. “relocations to high-risk areas for the population.”
For now, as detailed by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), $423,000 million will be allocated to address the first phase of the emergencywhich consists of the purchase of humanitarian assistance, financing of yellow machinery projects, emergency works, technical assistance to municipalities to identify the victims and other actions.
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Ricardo Bonilla, Minister of Finance and Public Credit
House of Representatives
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In a statement to the media, Minister Bonilla indicated that “What emergency care has is an action plan in which different entities are involved. Here the difference with the emergency plan is that the UNGRD can execute it and not the entity directly, so resources have to come from the entities to transfer them to the Risk Unit to execute it. From there we are identifying the resources.”
The head of the Treasury portfolio also mentioned that: “In addition, they are asking us to make a difference, that we deliver the resources that are directed to the Military Forces directly to them and that we deliver the rest to the Unit.” This considering the delays that have already been recorded previously in the delivery of those resources.
According to the official, the money for use by the Military Forces would be used to finance fuel expenses and others that are required in all these emergency processes.
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