In the framework of World Food Day, which is commemorated every October 16, the Food Security Commission, led by deputy Jairo Danilo Orellana and accompanied by deputies Marleni Matías Santiago, Mercedes Cristabel Guardado, César Rodas and Mario Velásquez, summoned the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) to discuss food security programs in the country.

In the absence of the Minister, Edgar González, Vice-Minister of Regulation, Surveillance and Control, attended the meeting to listen to the legislators’ concerns.

The legislators reaffirmed their commitment to promote actions to eradicate hunger, promote healthy eating and combat malnutrition in Guatemala, as established in the statement of the Congress of the Republic, through Resolution Point 15-2024, approved in the forty-first (41st) Additional Ordinary Session, last Tuesday, October 15.