De la Espriella pledges to cut Colombia’s 1.4 million public-sector jobs
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- De la Espriella has pledged to reduce Colombia’s public payroll, which includes 1.4 million workers.
- Colombian ministries and institutions have been ordered to review the public payroll and current contracting arrangements, though no measures have yet been announced.
De la Espriella has promised to reduce Colombia’s public payroll, which employs 1.4 million people.
No specific measures have been announced so far. However, ministries and public institutions have already received instructions to carry out a detailed review of the payroll and current contracting arrangements.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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