The mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Jhonny Fernández, made several adjustments to his technical team to “strengthen municipal management. New professionals were incorporated and also there was a rotation of authorities who have already taken up their positions
Juan Carlos Solares, who was General Director of Communication (Dircom), will now occupy the General Municipal Directorate. Fernandez highlighted sor experience in the political and administrative field, as it will be the internal link and between the powers of the State.
In addition, within its multiple functions, it will be related to the social institutions of the Santa Cruz capital as a whole.
Thus, Patricia Natusch Cabrera will assume the direction of Communication and will execute a comprehensive policy for its sector, including the dissemination of the activities of both the burgomaster and his collaborators.
Likewise, Juan Fernando Subirana Osuna, who performed the duties of Director of Finance, now he is the director of Municipal Companies, dependent on the Secretary of Economic Development.
He took on the challenge of forming micro-enterprises in the 15 municipal districts with the perspective of generating jobs.
In addition, he took on the responsibility of articulating the impact works that were already announced by Mayor Fernández, such as the construction of viaducts, the new El Trompillo tunnel, the biopark, and the 200 new kilometers of pavement.
Adriana Pedraza Lerner was sworn in as Municipal Secretary of Human development. Previously, she served as director of Transparency and Fight Against Corruption and gained notoriety for the investigations of the case of the 800 ghost items and the 2,500 irregular items, including the alleged surcharge in the Rapid Transport Buses (BTR) project. and the new Municipal Landfill.
Instead of Pedraza, the jurist Isabel Fernández, who served as the Legal Director, was sworn in. She will have the mission to continue with the directed work of its predecessor and the permanent training of officials in favor of transparency.
In replacement of Fernández, the lawyer Edwin Tapia took over as the new legal director. Another administrative change is that the Secretariat of Citizen Security will cover the areas of catering retail and environment.