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<font size=3>Change Begins Now, says Salvadorian President <br>
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</a>Escrito por Elsy Fors Garzon <br>
lunes, 01 de junio de 2009 <br><br>
01 de junio de 2009, 15:00San , Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) <br><br>
The new president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, said today he would be
loyal to the oath taken, guiding his steps by national interest and the
effort to serve the most underprivileged population, to pursue an ethical
revolution.<br><br>
He committed to carry out a process of structural changes in favor
of the people.<br><br>
"The Salvadorian people asked for change and it begins now,"
said Funes in a ceremony held in the amphitheater of the International
Convention Fair, attended by delegations from over 70 countries,
including 15 heads of state or government.<br><br>
Funes promised to favor the underprivileged, generate jobs, construct and
improve housing and carry out a program of social protection in human
settlements.<br><br>
Our main goals are to overcome poverty, marginalization, desperation and
lack of perspectives for our youth, said the new president.<br><br>
The Salvadorian people asked for change and it begins now not by the will
of a president, but by the hands of a nation with conscience that it will
only be possible with the unity of all, he added when addressing the
Parliament, after being imposed the presidential band.<br><br>
The national development project is based on social inclusion, the higher
value of production and work, updating institutions and the complete
guarantee of democratic freedoms.<br><br>
Funes asserted he will not do as other predecessors who were complacent
with corruption, accomplices of organized crime who acted with all forms
of backwardness.<br><br>
We must reinvent our country, creating a new project of nation which, at
the same time, rescues the great social debt and accelerates our human
and technological progress, he stressed.<br><br>
The president said to be aware he will govern amid the deep social and
economic crisis whose responsibility is the elite which was in power
until today and stressed his government will launch a program anticrisis
protecting jobs and generating new sources of labor, and which will cover
the most vulnerable sectors and boost state policies for the universal
coverage of all.<br><br>
The plan includes the creation of 100 thousand jobs, creating the state
Banks necessary to give credits to micro, small and medium companies,
execute a temporary job program and the construction of 25 thousand urban
houses and 20 thousand in rural areas.<br><br>
Likewise a System of Social Protection features an integral healthcare
and nutrition program in 100 municipalities with a high incidence of
malnutrition, as well as a school feeding program in the cities.<br><br>
To support education, the government will give free school articles and
uniforms to over one million children. Pay for health care will be
eliminated.<br><br>
Funes also announced he will summon to a national dialogue to define a
development strategy and an accord on employment and public policy with
the participation of every sector in the country.<br><br>
The new Salvadorian president also said democracy is threatened by the
forces of drug trafficking and organized crime and due to the economic
urgencies of families.<br><br>
On foreign policy issues, Funes declared himself a determined booster of
regional and Latin American unity.<br><br>
Based on that vision we will establish diplomatic, commercial and
cultural relations with all Latin American countries and will immediately
reestablish ties with Cuba, he affirmed.<br><br>
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