PRD keeps Benicio Robinson in the Budget Commission

Deputy of Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Benicio Robinson he was sworn in again as president Committee of the National Assembly for the Budget.

Robinson, who has been part of the Budget Commission for more than 25 years, is in his sixth term as chairman, including the last term during the administration of Juan Carlos Varela.

Bench from Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), composed of 35 representatives, He asked Benicio Robinson in the Budget Committee last year, said the deputy. There was no intention to perpetuate it, it was the decision of the bench. His aspiration was the Credentials Commission, Robinson said when asked.

The Budget Committee is preparing to debate the General State Budget to be presented next Monday, which will be debated in the first debate for a period of two and a half months.

There are about 90 institutions that will have to present their budget for the next fiscal period in 2024.

Robinson hopes it will be approved this Thursday cabinet council and subsequently the date of the hearing will be announced in National Assembly.

The deputy of the PRD defended the administration and rejected accusations of violation of regulations on the allocation of funds to entities.

The Budget Committee is also responsible for discussing the draft Panama Canal Budget Act for the next validity in 2024.

He President of the National Assembly, Jaime Vargas, participated in the act of installation and swearing in of the Budget Committee.

The Budget Committee It was composed of Deputy Benicio Robinson as President, Raúl Pineda, Vice President and Cenobia Vargas as Secretary.

Deputies Roberto Ayala, Hector Brands, Néstor Guardia, Jairo Salazar, Francisco Alemán, Yesenia Rodríguez, Itzi Atencio, Nelson Jackson, Fátima Agrazal, Yanibel Ábrego, Marilyn Vallarino, Juan Diego Vásquez will be commissioners.

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