Arena discloses list of legislative employees but does not detail salaries

The National Republican Alliance (Arena) had two delegates and expenses of $11,700. / @ARENAOFICIAL

The legislative wing of the party National Republican Alliance (Arena) The list is published on its website 16 employees of the parliamentary group The salary amount of the above personnel was not specified.

this Legislative Council Board Inform the Arena faction of its budget allocation. He did this through his secretary, deputy Reinaldo Carballo.

“Board Agreement No. 9. The Legislative Assembly Board agrees to: Establish the budget amounts for the operation of the offices of Board members and Assembly members during the legislative period 2024-2027 as follows: Nationalist Republican Alliance, Arena, $13,200,” the released document reads.

The letter is dated May 1, 2024. It does not detail whether the amount is monthly or a per-score or per-representative total; and it does not detail the distribution for the rest of the bench.

The notification from the Board Secretary mentioned that the allocation of the parliamentary panels was approved by Board Agreement No. 9 on May 1, 2024.

Marcela Villatoro, leader of the Arena faction, said that of the grant, they used only $11,700 to pay the staff of the parliamentary group of two deputies.

16 employees hired by Arena Division and their assigned positions

1. Pablo Alberto Godoy Platero (Administrative Collaborator).
2. Nellie Carolina Chavez de Ramirez (Advisor).
3. Xochilt Guadalupe Hernández Escobar (technical collaborator).
4. Lydia Raquel Serrano Acosta (Administrative Collaborator).
5. Luis Mauricio Mejía Ayala (Communications Assistant).
6. David Antonio Rodriguez Coca (Ordinance).
7. Esmeralda Azucena García Martínez (Score Analyst).
8. Silvia Michelle Regalado Vda. de Buitrago (Administrative Collaborator).
9. Luis Alberto Moreno (score analyst).
10. Mario Ulises Romero Huezo (score analyst).
11. Manuel Francisco Argueta Bolaños (score analyst).
12. Elmer Noel Christmas (Score Assistant).
13. Joel Jonathan Sandoval Valencia (Faction Assistant).
14. Nadia Dinora Antonieta González González (Administrative Collaborator).
15. Pedro Ceferino Mancia Salinas (Administrative Collaborator).
16. Mónica María Monterrosa Martínez (Administrative Collaborator).

With budget cuts for hiring staff in the various legislative branches, Arena was notified on July 9 that the new budget allocation would be $11,000, or $700 less than the budget already used. The new agreement is Agreement 77, and there are no details on the rest.

“We are the only parliamentary group that has published its funding agreement. No one else has done that.”
Marcela Villatoro,
Arena faction leader.

To this end, Villatoro said they are analyzing the reorganization of the employee salary structure to adapt it to the new budget. “We will revise (the form) next week,” the right-wing lawmaker announced.

A Villatoro representative told El Mundo that they are not disclosing employees’ salaries to protect their privacy. Arena and Vamos are the only parties to publish their staff lists. The Vamos parliamentary group does disclose the salaries of its staff.

The second notification from the Board Secretary cited Agreement No. 77, which amended Agreement No. 9 to reduce the allocation of marks.