The change of official is confirmed a few days after the United States released the list of officials whose visas should be withdrawn because they are related to corruption cases.
Pablo Anliker was fired as Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) on Wednesday, and although the announcement of a new official had not yet been made official by the presidency’s press office, the former official withdrew his position from his main account. Twitter
By Wednesday night, President Nayib Bukele had confirmed Anliker’s replacement, without giving details.
In his place, David Josué Martínez was appointed Minister, who is only known to be an economist and who worked in the Secretary for Trade and Investment of the Bukele government.
The change takes place a few days later the list of corrupt people in Central America, including several Salvadoran officials.
David Martínez is the new Minister of Agriculture. He was sworn in this day by Conan Castro, legal secretary of the Presidency. Non-commercial illustrative photo / twitter.com/Meganoticias19/status/1379894374784507904?s=20
The main findings of the audit of the Court of Accounts at the Ministry of Agriculture
Anliker was in charge of the institution, which is currently being investigated by both the Attorney General’s Office and the Court of Auditors for irregularities in the procurement process for the Health Emergency Program (PES) that delivers food packages to the population in the Covid-19 pandemic.
The main irregularities found in the audit carried out so far by the Court of Auditors include the purchase of maize flour at an additional charge, the purchase of food without sanitary records and the record of zero consumption of foreign companies from which it purchased the goods. .
Anliker can also file complaints with the Court of Ethics for obstructing last year’s audits by the Court of Auditors.
Recently, Bukele also appointed Gustavo Villatoro as the new Minister of Security, replacing Rogelio Rivas, who has been in office since Bukele took over the presidency on June 1, 2019. The president did not detail the reason for Rivas’ departure.