The President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, reported on Wednesday about some changes in the government cabinet.
These announcements include the fact that the former commissioner for strategic projects, Luis Rodríguez, will no longer run for deputy for New Ideas in the Legislative Assembly, since he was appointed the new director of El Salvador del American Central Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
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According to the president, New Ideas will replace Rodríguez’s candidacy as deputy.
The announcement was made this afternoon through his Twitter account: “I have appointed the former commissioner for strategic projects of the presidency, as country director at CABEI.”
He also explained that 60% of his salary paid by CABEI will be donated monthly from the presidency.
El Salvador had not had a representative before the CABEI since 2019, when this entity removed Guillermo Enrique Funes Cartagena, the brother of former President Mauricio Funes, from the post of country director following a request made by the Bukele government after taking office on June 1, 2019 .
The president ordered the dismissal of the brother of former president Funes at a time when the social network Twitter focused on the announcement the dismissals of the relatives of the former officials of the two FMLN administrations, claiming that they held high positions with expensive salaries.
Bukele also announced that on December 23 he received the resignation of Salvador Alas, known as “La Choly” from his position as youth commissioner.
According to the president, Alas’ position will not be replaced and will be eliminated.
In addition, he informed that in the coming days he will announce several changes in the Government Cabinet.
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