Lawmakers agree that the packages are bought with loan money that “we will pay all Salvadorans.” So an in-depth investigation is needed to find out who gave the order.
After learning of the delivery in Mexico of more than 1,500 food packages from the Government of El Salvador, information revealed in a publication of El Far, deputies of the Legislative Assembly expressed that both the Attorney General’s Office (FGR ) as the Court of Auditors of the Republic (CCR) must act ex officio, because the packages were purchased with loans acquired by the Salvadoran Government to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
The boxes that were distributed in the municipality of Tlahualilo were printed with the logos of the Salvadoran Government, the Health Emergency Program (PES) and were labeled as “Social Welfare”, according to the publication of El Far.
I WILL SEE: Food packages paid for with Salvadoran taxes were delivered to Mexico
“This news with serious implications needs to be investigated by the CCR and the FGR. These packages are needed by thousands of families in poverty. These packages are bought with loans that we will pay all Salvadorans. The research must go in depth to know who gave the order and who (officials) are involved “. said Deputy René Portillo Quadra, chairman of the Special Commission to investigate placement of securities and loans in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the deputy Jordi Shafick Handal, of the FMLN, points out that it is not uncommon to see that this government administration “benefits some acquaintance”, with state resources.
“We don’t know who these government members are related to and they sent the packages there with money from the Salvadorans. I’m not surprised that the corrupt are taking money, using state resources to campaign, favor friends, family “This is called corruption,” he said.
Handal added that “it would be necessary to see the candidate from there (Mexico) what connections he has with the Government here, to see who did the management to get the boxes. The Prosecutor’s Office must proceed ex officio to investigate how be that this material was to be given there (Mexico) when it is supposedly a benefit to the Salvadorans on the subject of the pandemic “
“They are occupying the misfortune of the more than 1,700 dead to commit their corruption,” Handal ruled.
In Mexico they are also asking for research
The publication of the Far reveals that the packages were distributed by Juan Carlos Cazares Sandoval, who is shaping up as a candidate for mayor of Tlahualilo by the official party, Bruna.
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According to the publication of the Lighthouse, the cast was made on December 24, 2020 and then advertised on the official Facebook page next to the candidate in question.
In Mexico, users of the Tlahualilo Irrigation Module 06, where the food packages were distributed, demanded a thorough investigation into the case of the 1,500 food baskets that were distributed by Juan Carlos Cázares Sandoval. Since this is not the first time they deliver these foods: they indicated that in the middle of the year, they also awarded products from the basic basket but on the first occasion it was in bags, now it was in boxes and with shields with the name of another country.
In December 2020, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Pablo Anliker, did not specify the sums that were earmarked for the purchase of food basket. Salvadoran MPs questioned the data mismatch in the case of the basic grain reserve, as Presidential House said it bought $ 30 million in products, but the report said the investment was for $ 23,400,000.
Government keeps silent on delivery to Mexico and announces arrival of food shipment
The Salvadoran government has not provided explanations as to why food parcels have been delivered to Mexico, paid for with Salvadoran taxes.
Instead, the Press Secretariat of the Presidency announced the arrival of a vessel with 625 tons of food for the Health Emergency Program (PES). And he has ignored the scandal over the distribution of food packages abroad.
Food arriving for the Health Emergency Program (PES) will be paid for with money from Salvadoran taxpayers; for that reason it has caused surprise that in Mexico these packages were distributed.
