Treasury confirms advance of political debt to ARENA and FMLN

The Ministry of Finance issued a statement this Thursday confirming the early payment of political debt to the parties Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena) and Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN).

“In the face of a series of unsubstantiated reports on the non-payment of political debt, we as the Ministry of Finance would like to clarify that we have complied with the constitutional and legal provisions to provide these funds to the Nationalist Republican Alliance. (ARENA) and the Farabundo Front Parties. Mardi for National Liberation (FMLN)”, a bulletin published by the Treasury in X Reading the first paragraph.

The reason for the release, according to the Treasury, was that “both parties claimed at various times during the campaign that they had received nothing progressive for political credit, asserted with the intention of raising suspicions. The work we do to be responsible for government and public finances.

According to the Treasury, the FMLN was given $1,466,828.84, the amount corresponding to the prepayment of political debt related to presidential, legislative, municipal and representative elections to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN).

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The ARENA party was given $750,000 equivalent to the electoral event on March 3, to elect representatives to mayors and municipal councils and to PARLACEN, meaning that the political debt for the presidential and legislative elections was not paid in advance. As was done with the FMLN.

El Diario de Hoy moderated the edition of Oscar Ortiz, General Secretary of the FMLN, and Carlos García Saade, President of the National Executive Committee of the ARENA Party (COENA); At the end of this note, only the latter responded.

“They gave it two days before the election.

According to García Saade, although it is true that they received an advance payment, it was only for the municipal and PARLACEN elections, and was given to them two days before the electoral event.

The ARENA president also explained that they were not given an advance for the presidential and legislative elections because they were not informed of the value of the votes until February 28, so they could not claim the advance.

“I have seen the ministry release what they have given us as prepayment of political debt for assemblies and parliament. What they didn't publish there was what they gave us on March 1; What they didn't put out there is that the 750 is less than half of what we've got. That's all we asked for, yes, but they still gave it to us on the Friday before the assembly elections. Advance payment of the political debt of the President and the Legislature, we cannot demand an advance because the court gave us the vote value on February 28; “Now we are already demanding what suits us…”, García Sade explained.

The political leader thought it would be convenient for the treasury to reveal how much Nuvas Ideas, Ghana, Fuerza Solidaria gave to all these parties that are satellites of government. Why don't they want to publish other people's?”, García Sade revealed.

The leader of COENA promised that by releasing the treasury, what they want is to create a crisis that does not exist within their party. “What they want is to try to create division, at least that's how I see it,” he said.

In an interview with El Diario de Hoy days before the municipal and parlascen elections, Cayetano Cruz, an aspiring Efemelinista candidate for mayor of San Salvador Este, said the government had not given them an advance. Paying the political debt.