Ambassador Johnson: “El Salvador did not lose Fomilenio III, the opportunity never existed” | El Salvador News

In September 2020, the Diary of Hoy published that El Salvador was on the list of eligible lands for a Fomilenio III, following a report by the MCC sent to the Congressional Conference.

The ambassador of the United States in El Salvador, Ronald Johnson, said this month, during the inauguration of a National Institute of Nahuizalco, in Sonsonate, that El Salvador did not lose Fomilenio III, because “the opportunity never existed”.

“Tuvimos Fomilenio I y ahora estamos llegando al cierre de fomilenio II. Only 9 countries in the world have ten programs and none have ten programs. Hice esa pregunta en Washington DC antes de venir. Never mind the opportunity of Fomilenio III. Entonces, El Salvador did not lose Fomilenio III, the opportunity never existed, ”he said.

Their statements are then in the midst of a debate over the inclusion of Fomilenio II’s placements and the indicative principles of corruption that the country has not complied with in order to obtain benefits from the Millennium Retro Corporation (MCC by its sailors in English)

In September 2020 The Diary of Hoy published that an information from the MCC sent to the Congressional Congregation including El Salvador on the list of eligible countries for a third compact of funds for the fiscal year 2021.

In the category of candidate countries that have entered in the middle of this year, El Salvador encapsulates the list and the following Sri Lanka (in Asia del sur) and Túnez (in Africa del Norte), indicates the report of the MCC defended on 8 September.

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Without embarrassment, it is possible to reduce them incompletely, according to this year in a row, the indicators of corruption that require the MCC within a scheme of 20 indicators in total

In addition, the inclusion of Fomilenio II’s positions of responsibility on the negative side of Gobierno in order to transfer the funds of the counterparty to the state program, however, has led to funds of international prestige.

For this financial purpose, Fomilenio II will administratively close the 30th of April to allow the placement of important project contracts that have no deadline, can not be redeemed and can be renewed once the legal conflict over the funds.

In his statements, Ambassador Johnson recorded that the assistance programs provided by Fomilenio were designed to complement other development programs “for complementary, not for replacement”, added.

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