Nery Ramos acknowledges that the directive of the Congress has already approved the salary increase to deputies

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February 27, 2025February 27, 2025By Mario Vásquez
Nery Ramos acknowledges that the directive of the Congress has already approved the salary increase to deputies

The president of the Congress, Nery Ramos, acknowledged that the Board of Directors of the Congress authorized the increase in salary for deputies in a session on February 4, however, on that occasion it did not integrate that instance.

Through written and official communication transferred by the Department of Social Communication of the Legislative Agency, Ramos admitted that there is 10-2025 Act, of a session that presided over the first vice president and vision deputy with values ​​(Viva), Jorge Castro.

This media made known since last Monday That there was an act of the session of the Board of Directors of the Congress where the salary increase for the deputies was authorized as of this month, however, in different spaces the president of the Congress described the information as “false”.

This Wednesday, February 26, Free Press published a copy of Act 10-2025 that records the decision of the directive; Hours later, Ramos admitted the existence of the minutes and the increase approved almost a month ago.

“President Ramos has already verified the act in question, where members of the Board of Directors in his absence knew the joint opinion, they also generated instructions to carry out the budget readjustment, which according to the law must be again known and approved, to give way to the payment to the deputies,” says the answer.

The session of the Board of Directors of the Congress took place on February 4. The only one who vote against was the third secretary of the Directive, Juan Carlos Rivera.

The explanation that the Congress is transferred is that an administrative step is still needed to specify the increase in salary for the deputies, which will gain Q29 thousand 150 to receive Q46 thousand 700 per month.

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In the response, Ramos also emphasizes that for the last process and the release of the funds and execute the increase in loose will not participate and leave responsibility in the rest of the managers.

“President Nery Ramos emphasizes that he has not been part, nor will it be part of this decision. At the moment he does not know what position the members of the Board of Directors adopt on the salary increase approved by the Plenary of Congress in Legislative Agreement 31-2024, ”says the official communication.

The aforementioned agreement is the one that gave life to the approval of the Congress budget for 2025. where a salary increase for deputies comparable to what the Judge of Court of Appeals earns.

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