A strong controversy is presented in the commission in charge of the election of the Comptroller General of the Republic. In the last hours, four of the 32 congressmen in charge resigned. They are senators Lidio García, from the Liberal Party, and Juan Felipe Lemus, from ‘la U’, Miguel Ángel Pinto, from the Liberal Party and Jennifer Pedraza, from Dignida
In addition, it is speculated that in the next few hours more resignations will be presented, such as that of Senator Humberto de la Calle and Representative Santiago Osorio.
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In the case of the liberal senator, Lidio Garciahe would have sent a letter in the last hours in which he would decline to be in that instance, apparently, due to occupations in his region and in the party.
For its part, lemus He sent another letter in which, in addition to resigning from the commission, he requested “the formal correction of the procedure” with which the process of electing the next head of the fiscal control body is being carried out.
This new accidental commission has the function conduct interviews with the 17 candidates on the eligible list. These were scheduled for Thursday at 2:00 pm in public.
After that there would be 10 applicants and Congress would hold the election on August 18. However, minutes after these 32 congressmen were appointed -18 senators and 18 representatives to the Chamber-, the criticism began.
On the one hand, Jennifer Pedraza, of the Dignity movement, said that this commission seeks to “bravely include” Julio César Cárdenas, “who was an official of the Mayor’s Office (of Bogotá) of the next president Gustavo Petro.”
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On the other hand, the President of Congress, Roy Barreras, He said that the mechanism was indeed legal. “The behavior of the new Congress regarding the election of the Comptroller is not only correct, but it is also mandatory to comply with court orders. All the speculations of the networks will disappear before a transparent result. Patience. This table fixes previous bugs,” he stated.
For the moment, the interviews scheduled for this Thursday are still standing, as is the date of the election, which would be next August 18.
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