The deputy and candidate for mayor of La Paz Este, Marcela Pineda, denounced that some opposition councilors have expressed that in future municipal governments of Nuevas Ideas they will continue with the old practice of selling their votes in exchange for money, that is, “ black briefcases”, as was done in the previous Legislative Assemblies.
The Cyan legislator from the department of La Paz said she had learned that “many councilors have been demanding handouts in exchange for giving their vote so that a mayor has governability.” This corrupt practice of the past is known as “black briefcases.”
This anomaly, as Pineda explained in an interview on a virtual television channel, has happened in several of the mayor’s offices administered by Nuevas Ideas, which require the votes of councilors from Arena and the FMLN to approve and launch some development projects for the residents. municipalities.
The candidate for said commune, which as of May 1 will be made up of the districts of Zacatecoluca, San Juan Nonualco and San Rafael Obrajuelo, also indicated that it will assume the responsibility of moving these municipalities forward due to the lack of governability that they do not want to give them. the councilors of the opposition parties.
For his part, deputy Jorge Castro, who also participated in the interview, and who will run for mayor of Santa Ana Oeste, will integrate the districts of Candelaria de la Frontera, Chalchuapa, El Porvenir, San Antonio Pajonal, San Sebastián Salitrillo and Santiago de la Frontera, reiterated that it is necessary for the municipalities to have the same governability that, from the Legislative Assembly, has been given to President Nayib Bukele.
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