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(CNN Spanish) — The president of el Salvador, Nayib Bukele announced on Saturday via his official Twitter account that ordered the dismissal of Jorge Aguilar as president of the institution government Environmental Fund, “in view of the information of a purchase that the government would have done to a company from an officer, this being a possible violation of the Law of Ethics”.
Through a statement, the Presidential reference was made to the purchase of$250,000 in face shields as a measure of prevention coronavirusacquired by the Ministry of Health to a company of plastic recycling, the property of Aguilar.
In addition, the president expressed that he will request two independent audits. One of the Court of Accounts and the other from the International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador.
“If the audits found any evidence of corruption, I will send the complaint to the office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of El Salvador, to be prosecuted those responsible,” emphasized Bukele.
Jorge Aguilar wrote Saturday on his Twitter account: truth always triumphs over lies and slander, My conscience is clear and the truth will triumph again.
