After interviewing 13 candidates to lead the Comptroller General of the Republic suggested by the Industrial University of Santander, the accidental commission chose 10 people.
(Read: Crisis in the commission to elect the Comptroller General).
The initial list of the TUI was 20 but 4 resigned, 1 did not meet the requirements and 2 did not attend the Congress. These are the candidates who are still in the call:
1. Elsa Yazmin Gonzalez Vega
2. Maria Fernanda Rangel Esparza
3. Diana Carolina Torres Garcia
4. Monica Elsy Certain Palma
5. Carlos Hernan Rodriguez Becerra
6. Andres Castro Franco
7. Victor Andres Salcedo Fuentes
8. Carlos Fernando Perez Gelvez
9. Luis Fernando Bueno
10. Luis Carlos Pineda Tellez
Before August 20, the full Congress must elect the next person to occupy the direction of the Comptroller General of the Republic. It should be remembered that this choice has been widely criticized.
(Read: Is Petro’s tax reform similar to that of Duque and Carrasquilla?).
Before the interviews, four of the 32 congressmen in charge resigned from the accidental commission. 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 Dignidad.
It has been said that the Petro government is not respecting the independence that should govern the election of the comptroller. For now, the election is expected to take place on next August 18.
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