The National Government appointed the Minister of Housing, City and Territory, Helga María Rivas Ardila, as ad-hoc Minister of Finance and Public Credit and of Agriculture and Rural Development, after the allegations that involve Ricardo Bonilla in the Unidad scandal National Risk Management.
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This is because the Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, declared himself unable to manage the entity’s resources. The ad-hoc Minister of Finance, Rivas Ardila, will exercise the administrative functions of the procedures of the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD).
“He declared himself prevented from doing so in relation to the validity of the Risk Management Unit. It seems to me that he did it well, it is a natural process decision,” said the Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristo.
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When asked about the investigation against Bonilla, Minister Cristo insisted that it is a “judicial process that must be respected, it is within the framework of the powers of the Prosecutor’s Office,” therefore, he reiterated that “the only thing What I have to say is that justice, due process, and the right to defense of those who appear involved in this episode be respected.”
