Since the government of Gustavo Petro, it has been considered assuming some of the regulatory functions of residential public services. Ssituation that has not gone down well in some sectors.
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The unions of the public service sectors, represented by Andesco, Acolgen, Andeg, Asocodis and Ser Colombia, They disagreed with the proposal.
Their letter, they affirm, is a defense of the institutionality, the recognition of competences. “The current institutional framework of the sector has the elements that enable the participation of the national government in decision-making and definition of general guidelines for the regulation of public services to guide the Regulation Commissions“, they explain.
The associations explain thato All the functions of the regulation commissions are delegated by the President since the institutions, in their role as independent administrative units, exercise functions that have been assigned directly by the legislator. “In no case could they be assumed or exercised by the President of the Republic,” he clarified.
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In this sense they clarify that: “Although the President can at any time resume the powers delegated to the regulation commissions, this does not imply that he can ignore the functions of the Creg“.
For this reason, they suggest that the Government, when deciding, take into account the powers to set rates and the delegation of functions established by law.
“It must be remembered that the provision of public services is based on the regime of free competition and private initiative, within the framework of which the tariff regime must be guided by criteria of economic efficiency, solidarity, redistribution, as well as financial sufficiency,” the unions point out. .
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Finally, they ask the Government to “make a stop along the way and open spaces for dialogue” in order to reach agreements within the framework of the institutional framework.
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