The new majority made up of four members gave way to the departure of Sofía Almeida, who denounced an attempt to take over the body.
The new majority of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), meeting this February 9, 2022 at the headquarters of the organization, approved with the vote of its four members the dismissal of Sofía Almeida as President Of the entity. Almeida She will remain as an advisor.
The counselors of most argued their decision on the presumed breach of duties by the dismissed woman, as there were no results regarding the designation of authorities that are the responsibility of the Participation Council and problems in approving the agency’s budget, among other situations.
Before the session, Sofia Almeida He gave a press conference in which he denounced the alleged attempt to take over the CPCCS to, supposedly, designate authorities “by finger”. He also assured that the procedure filed by her against the possibility of his dismissal (first approved and then denied) is not exhausted yet so any decision made today would not be valid.
Francisco Bravo, Ibeth Estupiñán, Hernán Ulloa and Fernanda Rivadeneira decided to sit in session and ignored the hasty call made this Wednesday by Vice President David Rosero, who set the date for February 15.
Before the vote, Almeida was summoned three times to exercise her right to defense, but she did not appear. Counselor Bravo, who chaired the meeting, emphasized this detail by stating that he hopes that tomorrow he will not say Almeida that he was not granted the right to defend himself. (DLH)
