President Gustavo Petro questioned a large shift that had been made by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, UNGRD, to the department of Santander in the middle of last October’s elections, without any emergencies occurring in this region.
The president mentioned that both Olmedo López and Sneyder Pinilla must “respond for the transfer of $1 billion pesoswhich would have been carried out especially in three municipalities of Santander, places where there were no reports of emergencies or natural calamities at the time the money was allocated, all before the territorial elections last October.”
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The municipalities to which these monies were allocated were: Girón with the sum of $426 million, Oiba $42 billion and finally Guapota who received the amount of $35 billion.
To which the first president of the Colombians mentioned: “There was no effort to help the true victims of a natural disaster, which is the true function of the UNGRD… One billion pesos They were transferred to some municipalities of Santander where there was no natural disaster, it was quick, it was not in 17 months, without anyone noticing.
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After knowing the importance of Snyder Pinilla in the delivery of money from the UNGRD, it has been mentioned that the transfer of these monies to the department could be due to his proximity to the Aguilar Clan who have been rulers in Santander in recent years. and they supported Pinilla’s candidacy for mayor of Sabana de Torres.
The President concluded on the transfer of those monies stating that: “Why, where there were no disasters, why did an enormous amount of money go to do some works? We will have to look now if they were done, were not done, are being done or what happens with that money.”
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