Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos Morales Troncoso is denying that the PRSC political party of which he is leader has appointed a majority of foreign service employees. He said 92% of appointees are from the PLD. “There are 350 vice consuls. I do not believe we (the Reformistas) have 24 of these vice consuls. There are 45 consuls and I do not believe we have even four,” he said. Morales Troncoso made the comments following a statement by Minister of Economy Temistocles Montas about “a significant” reduction in foreign service appointees. About the reduction in numbers, Morales just said the goal is to make the number of foreign service employees fairer and more workable.