2024-05-05 20:23:39
The mayor of Quito earns $5,500 a month; while the prefect of Pichincha receives 5,510 monthly. Ministerial agreements dating back to 2015 allow authorities of certain local governments to earn more than the president. The Government of Daniel Noboa says that it will repeal these agreements.
After the announcement that a brake is going to be put on golden salaries in the public sector (especially in state companies), the Minister of Labor, Ivonne Nunezhas also assured that what it considers the privileges of certain local authorities will be controlled.
Thus, Núñez has pointed out that two Ministerial Agreements, issued in 2015, will be repealed, through which some mayors and prefects earn more than him Republic President.
«They were ministerial agreements tailored to the approval of certain mayors. They will be repealed immediately today,” the minister assured.
Specifically, Ministerial Agreement MDT-2015-060 set the salary for employees at $5,510 per month. mayors of Quito and Guayaquil.
If the Transparency section of the municipality of Quito is reviewed, with a cut-off date of February 2024, the current mayor Pabel Munoz receives $5,500 a month.
For its part, if the Transparency section of the municipality of Guayaquil is reviewed, the current mayor Aquiles Álvarez, as of February 2024, receives $5,049.45 per month.
On March 17, 2024, Minister Núñez issued a Ministerial Agreement that establishes that no one, including local governments, can earn more than the $5,072 per month that the President of the Republic receives.
In this case, the mayor of Quito would be $428 above what the president receives
On the other hand, for the prefectures, the Ministerial Agreement MDT-2015-071 set a limit of $5,510 for six provinces: Pichincha, Esmeraldas, Manabí, Guayas, El Oro and Loja.
If you review the Transparency page of the Pichincha prefecture, the registered salary, with a cut-off date of February 2024, for the current prefect Paola Pabon It is $5,510 per month.
The main criticisms of the crusade against golden salariesdriven by Government of Daniel Noboais that remunerations must be evaluated case by case because there are highly responsible positions that would need a high salary incentive to be filled with the best staff.
However, in the case of local governments, one of the main concerns is that they annually monopolize, through pre-allocations and other transfers from the Central Government, more than 15% of the state budget; however, shortcomings are seen every day in services, lack of infrastructure and uncontrolled spending.
The Minister of Labor has assured that, after repealing the Ministerial Agreements that allow certain mayors and prefects to earn more than the president, new provisions will be issued that are more in line with the reality of the country. (J.S.)