2024-02-19 06:47:59
The Government spokesperson assessed the suspension of the acquisition of the 22 luxury cars for the Judiciary, in an investment that consisted of more than 1,200 million pesos.
During this afternoon, the Government spokesperson, Camila Vallejoreferred to the decision of the Judicial Branch of annul the controversial purchase of Lexus cars for the ministers of the Supreme Court.
In that sense, the Secretary of State valued the determination and described it as “a good sign”.
A few hours ago, through a public statement, the suspension of the purchase of luxury cars was announced and it was stated that “The Judicial Branch is autonomous in the execution of its budget, in the administrative and management field.
In addition to this, they made it clear that the Supreme Court “makes decisions regarding the acquisition of goods and servicesweighing and analyzing on their merit the background available at the time of adopting them.”
After that, Jorge Sáez, secretary of the organization, who was in charge of delivering the news, said that “it was decided void the agreement adopted for the purchase (…) it was made by the majority of the members who participated in that decision.”
What did Minister Camila Vallejo say about the Supreme Court’s decision on Lexus?
Given the decision to suspend the acquisition of the 22 Lexus cars, the minister Camila Vallejo expressed: “It seems to me a good sign in these times (…) the statement explains itself.”
Continuing along those lines, he said: “Here The Executive, the Ministry of Finance and the Dipres do not determine that the Supreme Court buys Lexus carsand the statement, in some way, reaffirms that.”
In this context, he stressed that the Supreme Court has autonomy and that the Executive “It does not define how many cars are purchased and what modelbecause it is an autonomous power.”
To close, Camila Vallejo explained: “The only thing that is done is that general budgets are approvedhow those resources are used is their decision and they themselves reverted.”