The Pink House He came out against the rumors of an alleged expense of 24 million pesos for the purchase of food and beverages. The General Secretariat of the Presidency explained that the acquisition of supplies is not done simply by choice, but that there are steps to follow that must be fulfilled.
Every purchase process Pink House It must go through a public tender, for which the publication of the PeriodismoyPunto portal was disqualified. “When the tender is called, the previous value is never published so that no supplier has access and the purchase process is carried out transparently and each bidder can offer without prior information”explained the seat of government.
According to Pink House, in a purchase order, the State only pays what it requests and consumes, for which it guarantees its prices for the duration of that tender. “The various records and other expenses that the publication cites are false,” he pointed out.
The products listed in the tenders are an estimate of the needs of all the dependencies of the Presidency.
Government clarified that the drinks and baked goods mentioned in the tenders are intended for protocol or diplomatic activities that are also carried out in the Presidential Residence of Olivos and other dependencies of the General Secretariat, that is, it is for consumption with more of 1,600 people.
The budget covers a large number of activities
The budget for food and beverages that considers the Pink House It includes all the administrative personnel, the security forces, the media that visit public venues, advisors and members of the Cabinet of Ministers.
All information on Executive purchases is available to the public to ensure transparency; however, the Government reiterated that this data must be used responsibly so as not to confuse the rest of the citizenry.
