Positive results in first 100 days of
San Salvador, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, today met his first 100 days in office with a high degree of popular acceptance as a result of the impact of public policies broad sectors of society. Funes
took office on June 1 after winning the March 15 elections as candidate of the Frente Farabundo Martí National Liberation (FMLN), which ended 20 years of right-wing governments of the Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA).
The new president inherited a country with a deep crisis caused by external and internal factors, a dollarized economy, a large deterioration in public finances and high levels of crime and poverty.
Upon receiving the presidential sash, the head of state promised to launch a process of transformation towards a more just society and give priority to the neediest people.
"The Salvadoran people demanded a change and change begins now," Funes said during his inauguration, and indeed in the little three months of administration the government's actions have caused a favorable perception of the public.
data from various surveys published here give the president an approval of his handling of about 80 percent. The firm Mitofsky
grants Funes index up 85 percent, while the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) gives a score of 7.1 points on a scale of zero to 10.
"is a government that started with a very strong position, because he has given stability to the country," said the rector of the UCA, the priest José María Tojeira.
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Certainly, the support derived from steps taken to improve indicators and the reorientation of key programs to the poor. 
One of the measures of greatest impact has been, without doubt, the elimination of the payment of so-called voluntary contributions in public health services and strengthening of existing stocks of medicines and other supplies in government hospitals. In the field of education, the provision of uniforms and school supplies to more than one million 300 thousand students for next year is a relief for the family, besides being an unprecedented event in national history. Not for nothing
Education Minister and Vice President the country, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, and the health minister, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, are among the best rated cabinet officials.
Among the projects undertaken by the current administration also include the Safe House plan, which envisages the construction of 25,000 homes for low income, and payment from a pension next November for the elderly without social security.
The government gave further three thousand titles to peasant families and rural communities program began, consisting of a $ 40 bonus for heads of household in the poorest municipalities in exchange for sending their children school. Another
unprecedented step was the creation of Economic and Social Council, composed of civil society, businessmen, academics, researchers and government representatives to discuss public policy.
Priority issues to be addressed by this instance is tax reform, an issue complicated by the traditional reluctance of the business sectors to meet their tax obligations.
The project will be delivered on 30 this month to the Legislative Assembly, aims to make more effective tax collection so that the state can have more resources to social programs and support sectors productive.
The amendments also seek to close gaps evasion, smuggling and corruption, to face a fiscal gap of $ 186 million.
According to the president, with the installation of this forum there is a significant step in the life of the country as from the signing of the peace, in 1992, was recognized at the opponents, but there was no continuity negotiation process.
In short the first 100 days have elapsed for the adoption or the listing of well-received by the public, although there are still complex issues to face, such as insecurity, unemployment and economic problems.
The president acknowledged as one of the remaining tasks this year take riding the anti-crisis plan to address the effects of global recession, which will cause a decrease of at least one per cent in gross domestic product of El Salvador.
Despite the problems, agree that the Salvadoran government has had more successes than failures, and hope that will honor its commitments Funes campaign.
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