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Ministry of Finance after error in payments to officials • La Nación


The Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, assured that the reversal of payments is already being made after a technological failure in the SIIF payment system; Some government officials have not received their paychecks.

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The Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, in dialogue with Blu Radio, explained how operations are progressing to restore the payment system in eight State entities after it was known that there was an error when paying the payroll where some Government officials national received double or even triple their salary.

According to the head of the portfolio, the process of reversing salaries has already begun with the support of the Bank of the Republic, the Financial Superintendency and the banks. In addition, he gave guarantees of having identified the accounts that received the greatest income.

“At this moment we know that the reversal is progressing, that there are already several resources that have returned to the National Treasury”said the minister.

Also the Minister of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla, ruled out that it was a human problem or an internal hacking of the Integrated Financial Information System (SIIF Nación); Next Monday, November 27, they will deliver a detailed report on this event.

“We are identifying why there was this duplication process, because it is something that cannot happen again. “We have to guarantee the security of all computer systems,” Indian.

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