Amid questions by the method used and by the origin of the funds, Fthat approved in second debate the bill No. 186which authorizes the transfer of $ 91 million for the Social Security Fund (CSS) in order to cover the payment of pensions in February.
With everything and attended by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Fausto Fernández, and the National Budget Director of the Ministry of Economy, Aurelio Mejía did not manage with precision where the funds will come out To cover this payment.
Fernández said that 2024 and 2025 games of the Panama Savings Fund (FAP) will be used, which exceed $ 600 million and the rest of the entities that are not using their entire budget.
However, the authorities did not give the precise detail of which items will be used, which generated criticism in the deputies, who requested that funds for investments will be used.
On the other hand, the other recurring questioning was why He had to take this initiative to plenary, When these funds had been transferred in the Budget Commission.
Deputies such as Javier Sucre (PRD), Raphael Buchanan (PRD) and Ernesto Cedeño (MOCA) said that the government’s intention was to show that the CSS is bankrupt, as a pressure mechanism for the approval of the reforms included in the project No.163.
In the end it was established that this transfer of funds passes through the Budget Commission and that it does not leave investment items. ‘
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Article of the CSS Law that prevents transfer of funds from one risk to another.
2,700
Millions will pay this year the CSS for pensions, of which there are $ 600 million.
