The President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno announced the extension of state of emergency entered in the country to combat the epidemic of the coronavirus, for 30 days from may 16, and also revise with the approval of the security Council of the country of the budgets of the civil service.
“With the support of the Security Council, we extended the state of emergency for 30 days, starting may 16. The security Council is ready to embark on a comprehensive review of the budgets of state services!” – wrote Moreno on Twitter.
The politician explained that subject to revision from 10 to 15% of budgets, which will not affect the main functions of state institutions, changes with the support of the Ministry of Finance will be implemented no later than March 30.
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