The vote on the motion of censure against the Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, for the corruption case in the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), took place this Tuesday, October 1 in the plenary session of the senate. The result defined that the motion of censure against the Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, was denied: 51 senators voted ‘no’, and 19 for ‘yes’.
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The minister was summoned by Jonathan Pulido, known as Jota Pe Hernández (Alianza Verde), after Olmedo López (who claimed guilt in the UNGRD scandal) assured that Bonilla would have been behind the alleged delivery of contracts to congressmen to support social reforms. Faced with the accusations, Bonilla said that they were “press gossip” and that there was no evidence against him.
By vote, The majority of the Senate decided that Bonilla should continue to lead the Ministry of Finance, managing the portfolio of the country.
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