“Our goal will be to have an amount that allows us to comply with the government plan. This will be a big challenge and if not, we will have to operate with the current one, which requires some transfers between departments,” explained the parliamentary leader of this group, Samuel Pérez.
The negotiations will be complicated and will depend on how the current deputies understand the message of the people of Guatemala in the elections, he explained, referring to the project that was presented last week in the legislature and will be analyzed until November 30.
“In any case, we will fight to achieve the budget we need. But it will not be easy,” opined Pérez, who assured that if this scenario does not occur, they will adjust the priorities of the government plan depending on what they achieve.
Ideally we would look for the one we proposed because that is the one that allows us to cover what we promised. Compliance with the implementation of the guidelines depends on the fact that, when this context is not present, there are opportunities for maneuver that must be taken into account by the Chairman of the Bank.
For his part, the elected representative of Semilla, Jonathan Menkos, explained that to implement the government plan they would need 127.6 billion (just over 16 billion dollars) in the first year of government.
The Treasury Department sent 124 billion quetzales to Congress, more than the 118,173 (just over $15 billion) in 2023, the highest in history.
The data reflects education with the highest number allocated, followed by the health, government, communications, infrastructure and housing and defense portfolios.
Analysts warned that it was not about Semilla’s household, but about the country and that it would serve Guatemalans, especially children.
Deputy Congressional Director Marvin Alvarado informed lawmakers the day before about the re-formation of the Semilla Bloc, a political group described as progressive. This came after the Supreme Electoral Court revoked the Citizens’ Register’s decision to suspend the legal personality of this force until October 31.
In the face of attempts to undermine the voting process, local and international organizations insist on the call to respect the popular will expressed in the elections.
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