Overview

• This marks the third large-scale mistransfer by the provincial government in 2025, following erroneous payments of 510 million and 110 million pesos earlier in the year.
• Finance Minister Néstor Ordóñez ordered urgent tracing of the funds and notified the State Financial Agent and banking institutions after learning of the error.
• Officials attribute the misroute to a typographical or distraction slip, though an investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances.
• Career accountant Walter Daniel Valenzuela’s name has surfaced in all three cases, raising fresh questions about oversight within the Ministry of Finance.
• Opposition figures and civil society groups are intensifying calls for administrative reforms to restore trust in the province’s budgetary processes.