Agglomeration at the headquarters of the Public Records. PHOTO Courtesy.
Notaries, notaries and other professionals question the excessive delays in the Public Records office, where the documents have been in drawers for a long time. To this is added that the officials of said institution will carry out a strike for four days from next February 28 to demand the resignation of the heads of the institution due to mismanagement and incompetence.
the clerk martha narvaja told 650 AM that the situation in the General Directorate of Public Records continues to be chaotic due to the multiple difficulties that exist to carry out procedures.
“The problems in Public Records are never-ending, this does not give more, we have been dealing with the same drama for a long time, it is not that it is only now that they are on vacation. The officials now can’t take it anymore. All files are completely behind schedule. I claimed these days a domain condition certificate for the month of December, when it should only take 10 days to be ready“, he highlighted.
The interviewee indicated that Public Records is still not computerized, with the same shortcomings that have been dragging on for 25 years. She assured that the problem lies in the head (the authorities).
He further held that with the strike announced by the officials of that institution they will go “to the deck” because 4,000 files are delayed every day, so the forceful measure will worsen the already chaotic situation.
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In that sense, Lourdes Gonzalezgeneral secretary of the Union of Public Records Officials, told 1080 AM that they are fed up of negligence in the judicial unit, for which they will go to strike on February 28, March 1, 2 and 3, from 6:00 to 7:10 (non-business hours).
The interviewee maintained that the problem lies in the owner of the General Directorate of Public Records, Lourdes González; in addition to the director of the Real Estate Registry, Mercedes Vera; the Real Estate Manager, Diana Capetillo; the deputy director, María Victoria Pavón de Soto, and the boss Verónica Vera. For this reason they request the resignation of all of them.
He pointed out that they cannot meet the deadlines for the certificate and deed procedures due to the precarious working conditions. “We are one institution that raises about $60 million to $100 million a year. So the question is why can’t we be a modern first world institution”, he wondered.
