In the fifth meeting between congressmen and councilors of the region Arequipawas presented two bills to seek the autonomy of the Regional Councils. This in order that these legislative and supervisory bodies may have the ability to challenge and censor managers and senior officials of the regional executive. The measure will also seek their economic autonomy.
the congresswoman Diana Gonzales-Delgadowho is also president of the Decentralization Commission of Congress, pointed out that will prioritize the processing of the bills to convert them into one and be approved by the national plenary session as soon as possible.
Gonzales explained that his advisors are already reviewing the bills. He indicated that one weakness that the Regional Councils is that their supervisory capacity is reducedcompared to Congress. He explained that today they can exhort governors to remove a questioned manager, but they do not have the ability to censor him.
In Arequipa There have already been several cases. only in the management of Kimmerlee Gutierrez the Regional Council questioned two managers: Christian Nova Palomino and Cesareo Benavente Veliz. Nova was reappointed as Health Manager and Benavente continued in office for almost two months after being questioned.
The parliamentarian announced that in the second session of the Decentralization Commission, on September 7, she will invite the representatives of the Regional Councils of the country to issue a position on the bill. She said that there is already an opinion of the National Assembly of Regional Governors, but it is negative.
