Private sector will monitor contracts in suspension of the Guarantees Law

In order to monitor and follow up on the execution of public resources that are given through inter-administrative agreements because a paragraph of the guarantees law will be suspended for one year, that will allow mayors and governors to contract through agreements in the electoral period, Andi proposed to create a coalition, an initiative that was approved by the Government.

(Law of Guarantees: between economic fear and legal validity).

“We want to take advantage of the fact that a great coalition of the private and public sector has been formed, and with the participation of the media to do this thorough monitoring of all the inter-administrative agreements that are signed between the National Government and the territorial entities to be able to give all the citizens the peace of mind that there will be transparency ”, said President Iván Duque.

Among the allies of this initiative are Andi, Colombia Compra Eficiencia, El TIEMPO and Juntos por la Transparencia, among others.

This tracking will be done with the Electronic Public Procurement System —Secop I and Secop II— at the head of Colombia Compra Eficiencia, entity attached to the National Planning Department, and which is in charge of all the necessary tools for this objective.

(Colombia Buy Efficient issues resolution to promote reactivation).

Specifically, Andi’s proposal proposes creating a pilot project that publicly provides information on all the resources to be executed through inter-administrative agreements, that includes contracts with territorial entities, prioritization of projects, bidding processes, bidders, selection processes, detailed execution of the contractual object, the management of resources (advances and payment plan), as well as the settlement of these.

“Thanks to this proposal, the private sector, academia and all citizens will be able to follow the details of public resources. They will be able to see how they are executed or who the contractors are ”, Andi president Bruce Mac Master said.

For his part, the editor of the Economy of EL TIEMPO, Mauricio Galindo, said that the media will support this proposal and will monitor public resources, taking advantage of the tools that will be made available to citizens.

MONITORING OF THE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE

Likewise, the president announced that the celebration of these inter-administrative contracts will have a detailed accompaniment of the General Comptroller’s Office in the function not only of a preventive nature, but also that of concomitant control.

(Duque sanctioned PGN 2022, with a change in the Guarantees Law included).

“It will be guaranteed that there is all the traceability and monitoring of each agreement that is signed”, Duque stated.

The vice controller general, Julián Mauricio Ruiz, explained that the entity will have its technology and all the data analysis tools to keep track of these public resources. What’s more, will implement a mechanism of direct transfer almost in real time of the national and territorial entities of all the inter-administrative agreements that are signed.

Regarding the suspension of the subsection that makes up the guarantee law, the president stated that it will be for one year. “There is neither repeal, nor elimination nor suspension of the guarantee law, which has been established at the request of mayors and governors, and also in the discussion that took place in Congress, is that this suspension could be made by a year to facilitate the process of infrastructure development and investments at the territorial level that contributes to the economic reactivation of our country “, Held.

SUSPENSION OF THE GUARANTEE LAW WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR

President Iván Duque assured that, in accordance with the provisions At the request of mayors, governors and after discussion in Congress, the suspension of the subsection that makes up the guarantees law will be for one year.

“There is neither repeal, nor elimination, nor suspension of the guarantee law. This suspension for one year facilitates the process of infrastructure development and investments at the territorial level that contributes to the economic reactivation of our country”, assured the President.

Last Friday, the President sanctioned the Law of the General Budget of the Nation (PGN), which included the modification of the inter-administrative agreements between the National Government, mayors and governorships.

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