Sanchez Ceren announces that Gerson Martinez will be part of his Cabinet
Gerson Martinez will be part of Sanchez Ceren's Government Cabinet
Gerson Martinez, Minister of Public Works in El Salvador, "is going to be part of my future cabinet" and the "paving of the road of the city of Chalchuapa to Guatemala" were the two announcements made yesterday by FMLN’s presidential candidates Salvador Sanchez Ceren and Ocar Ortiz.
"I’ve asked Gerson Martinez to work with me and Oscar to take on three major challanges: employment, security and education, and he has already committed to be part of our next government, " said Sanchez Ceren on Sunday October 20th before a crowd in the central park of Chalchuapa, Jose Matias Delgado.
Public Works Minister Gerson Martinez said that he currently is conducting feasibility studies so that the municipality of Chalchuapa can inaugurate, at the beginning of next year, a new paved road that will connect the city with Los Coco and the border of Guatemala.
Luis Alberto Corvera, FMLN’s general secretary in the department of Santa Ana, reaffirmed the importance of public infrastructure done my Martinez. "This road is used by a large population, in a highly productive area of sugarcane, coffee and cereals, that connects us to Guatemala" said Corvera pointing out the economic importance of the region and the impeccable job done by Gerson Martinez as one the cabinet members best evaluated by the Salvadoran people in the Funes Administration. The stretch of the road to be fixed and paved is about 17 kilometer long and it will improve the economic performance of the whole municipality.
FMLN's presidential ticket was accompanied Governor of Santa Ana, Mario Jovel, member of the National Assembly for the Department of Santa Ana, Roberto Lorenzana , Calchuapa’s acting mayor, Irma Sanabria and the mayor of Santa Ana, Alfredo Peñate.
The FMLN’s candidates highlighted the achievements of the government in economic matters like the creation of La Banca de Desarrollo (Development Bank) and soft credits made available to small and medium entrepreneurs. As for the social achievements, Sanchez Ceren and Oscar Ortiz mentioned Schools Packages (lunch, uniform and shoes) for students, Agro-Packages (seeds, technical raining) for farmers, and Ciudad Mujer, an innovative social initiative for the integration of women in all aspects of Salvadoran life, from giving birth, to creating and opening up a business.
Sanchez Ceren reminded followers and supporters that all social changes that benefit the majority of Salvadoran people are part of his program and will have to be defended at the polls in the next presidential elections in February 2, 2014.
