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Sixteen Colorado district leaders hold positions in the Municipality of Asunción
According to ABC Color, their salaries require more than G. 184 million per month and exceed G. 2.402 billion per year. The outlet also reported that another 25 district leaders work in different areas of the state.
The Municipality of Asunción has 16 Colorado district leaders on its payroll, among employees and officials, according to a report by ABC Color. The outlet said that arrangement represents a monthly cost of G. 184,805,066 and an annual expense of G. 2.402 billion.
Still according to ABC Color, of those 16 party leaders, five are municipal councilors and the other 11 hold administrative posts. Seven work in offices under the Mayor’s Office and four in the Municipal Board.
The outlet linked this structure to Asunción’s electoral scenario ahead of the municipal elections on October 4, in which the Partido Colorado is nominating Camilo Pérez for mayor. It also said that councilors Nasser Esgaib, Miguel Sosa, Javier Pintos, Mariano Cáceres and Marcelo Centurión, who also head district committees, are seeking reelection to the Municipal Board.
ABC Color added that three other district leaders who are now municipal employees are also seeking seats on the Municipal Board: Carlos Adolfo Morel Gadea, Jorge Sebastián Radice Sanabria and Oscar “Piriki” Rodríguez. Regarding the latter, the newspaper recalled that he is the brother-in-law of former mayor Óscar “Nenecho” Rodríguez.
Outside the municipality, the same survey cited by ABC Color placed 25 Colorado district leaders from Asunción in different state agencies. Of that total, nine work in the Legislative Branch, 13 in the Executive Branch and three in decentralized entities. The annual cost of that group, according to the newspaper, amounts to G. 5.776 billion.
Adding the salaries of the leaders in the municipality and in other public agencies, the annual cost of this structure reaches G. 8.178 billion, equivalent to about US$ 1.4 million, still according to ABC Color.
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About this note. Written by El Notero with assistance from artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not conduct its own reporting on this fact.
