Bill would seek to regulate the connection between governments

The Congress goes after the regulation of the connection process and transfer of functions from one government to another. through the Bill 392 of 2021seeks to regulate the transfer of power between those who finish their exercise in public office and those who are going to replace them.

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The foregoing, regardless of the reason for the relief. The initiative, under the authority of the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, establishes that: “During this period of time, at whatever level is present (municipal, departmental or national), political and legal tensions are generated that affect the normal development of the constitutional function of the institutionality, ultimately affecting the citizen.”.

The Government gave this project a category of urgency for its processing in The congress. There it is established who is the responsible authority, the elected candidate, what the splicing process is, its period, the manager of the process, among others.

If approved, a management report act should begin to be presented and delivered to the outgoing authority. This would include thestate of administrative, financial and human resources”, according to the project.

Alexander Vega, representative for the department of Meta, presented his paper in favor of the initiative on December 15, 2021. Through it, the member of the Liberal Party intends to hold the first debate in the First Constitutional Commission of the Chamber on the matter.

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Along with this, it is established that in the event that the information requires absolute Reserve, the president may keep it until the risk situation ends or his term in office ends.

OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT

Although the project seeks guarantees to account for the connection process in the public sector, several political leaders do not agree with the initiative. Among them, Sergio Fajardo who asked the government to withdraw the proposal that for him “seeks to deprive the president-elect of information.”

For his part, Liberal Senator Luis Fernando Velasco He said: “In addition to being able to reserve national security information at the junction and not deliver it to the president who wins, the bill attempts to make public policies implemented by this government mandatory in the government that arrives.”

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With information from EL TIEMPO*