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DECREE NO 135

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.-That in accordance with Article 131, Ordinary 22 ° of the Constitution of the Republic, it is the faculty of this State Body, to grant to persons or

populations, titles, honorary distinctions and gratifications, compatible with the form of government established, for relevant services provided to the Homeland.

II.-That article 6, literal c) of the Law of Honorific Distances, Gratitude and Titles, establishes that the honorable and Distinguished or Distinguished distinctions, in their order of relevance, may be awarded to Salvadoran people

or foreign residents, when the services or contributions that have been provided to the Homeland, are related to the dissemination and exploitation of science, art, culture, education and sport or any other another form of service

altruistic or collective; in such a way that it represents an undeniable benefit for the Salvadoran State or its inhabitants.

III.-That the citizen Carlos Roberto Pinto Guardado, born in the city of San

Salvador on October 16 of the year 1962, and who conducted his higher studies at the Polytechnic University From El Salvador, at the Carlos III University of Spain and Training Center in North Carolina, the United States, has a

long trajectory in local, territorial development and strengthening of local governments, which have state at the service of the Salvadoran society, enhancing the work of the 262 Municipalities of the country,

of their knowledge, efforts and achievements, as a national reference in the professional field and as one of the best in their specialty.

IV.-That the Engineer Pinto Guardado has offered his contributions to the democratic processes by concertation between the municipalities, the consolidation of democracy, participation and local development, contributing also, in the

strengthening of the technical and financial management of the Municipalities through its impact on certain reforms and the creation of laws advocating better management

V.-That by virtue of the merits mentioned above, it is appropriate to grant the Honorific Distinction of "DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN OF EL SALVADOR", to the Engineer Carlos

Roberto Pinto Guardado, in recognition of his outstanding trajectory for the benefit of the Salvadoran population.

FOR TANTO,

in use of its Constitutional faculties and at the initiative of the Deputies and Deputies of the 2012-2015 Legislature: Francisco Roberto Lorenzana Duran, Bertha Mercedes Avilés de Rodriguez, and

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