Of the seven candidates for Ombudsman authorized for the appointment phase, four are linked to the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS).). Those observed were public servants during the administration of Evo Morales and Luis Arce. The opposition political organizations and citizen platforms distorted their applications in the challenge stage, but the Mixed Commission of the Constitution rejected these demands.
The candidates who are being targeted are: Francisco Pedro Callisaya Aro, Rubén Julio Estrada Candia, Ramiro Leonardo Iquise Pally and Porfirio Machado Gisbert.
The citizen platform Another Bolivia is Possible, as overseer of the process, denounced Callisaya for having held the position of national director of Real Rights until February of this year; In addition, for his work as a member of the Departmental Court of Justice of La Paz.
However, the MAS assembly members argued that the Ombudsman’s selection regulation establishes that public officials were not prevented from applyingfor this position, except ministers, deputy ministers, ambassadors and departmental or municipal secretaries.
“Callisaya had more than three challenge letters and they were not addressed. Moreover, in the interview she came out with an excellent. It shows that there is a favoritism”, warned the activist Iván Melendes. In the interview phase Francisco Pedro passed the evaluation with “excellent” and showed proficiency in a native language.
Ruben Estrada Candia
In the case of Rubén Estrada, a citizen platform once again submitted a letter requesting the Mixed Commission of the Constitution to review the background of this citizenwho worked in different ministries.
Estrada is a lawyer by profession andn 2007, he joined the Ministry of Labor as a specialist in union affairs and labor legislation; in 2010 it passed to the Government; in 2011 he joined the Departmental Health Service (Sedes) La Paz, a year later he was in the Segip. In 2015 he returned to the Ministry of Labor; in 2017 he was in the Vice Ministry of Coordination with Social Movements; in 2021 he went to the Caja Petrolera and this year he returned to the Ministry of Labor.
The jurist passed the interview stage with a rating of “good”. In two criteria they considered their answers as “regular”.
Iquise and Machado
He is also a lawyer Ramiro Iquise has been linked to the State since 2009. In 2011 he joined the Ministry of Justice and in 2016 he moved to the Ombudsman’s Office in the city of El Alto as a national consultant on special programs, where he currently works.
Iquise went on to the designation phase with a “good” evaluation” just like Porfirio Machado.
This latest would-be Defender worked at the Ministry of Rural Developmentthrough the Senasag where he was the national head of Legal Affairs until December of last year.
They ask to reformulate evaluation
The first day of interviews conducted on Tuesday progressed without incident. Nevertheless, yesterday’s interviews were marked by disagreements in the Constitution Commission that prevented the final report from being issued after declaring a fourth intermediate.
The parliamentarians of Community Citizen, which are part of the Commission, asked their colleagues to reconsider the evaluation yesterday and otherwise they threatened not to sign the final report that will go to the Assembly.
