February 27, 2023, 5:50 PM
February 27, 2023, 5:50 PM
Zvonko Matkovic, president of the Departmental Legislative Assembly (ALD), presented in the ordinary session the bill to define substitution Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, who is being held in the Chonchochoro prison, and it was referred to the Constitution and Government Commission for analysis.
The project was named Departmental Law for the Development of Government Substitution, Temporary Substitution and Definitive Impediment of the Departmental Authorities of Santa Cruz and He did it at the request of the Third Constitutional Chamber, that ordered the ALD to define the parameters for know when guardianship should be changed of the Governorate.
“We have worked on this project, the same as has been referred to the Constitution Commission and Government so that within this commission the corresponding analysis can be carried out; complying with the order issued by the Constitutional Chamber,” reported Matkovic.
He also indicated that the AML Commission has the mechanisms to be able to make any modification that they deem necessary, subsequently a report must be submitted that must be dealt with in plenary session of the Assembly, They have a period of 10 business days to do so and can request an extension if they deem it necessary..
In addition, the president of the Assembly commented that this Monday the bench of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) presented another bill which will be forwarded tomorrow to the Constitution and Government Commission so that it can also be analyzed.
On the hearing that defined that Camacho continue as governor and that it be the ALD who define when it should be replaced, Matkovic said that he has reiterated in writing his oral request that he made regarding the remission of the copy of the final ruling of the members of the Constitutional Chamber.
“More than 48 hours have passed and we are still waiting for that document official, that the minutes of the hearing be delivered,” he said.
For his part, the Governor’s Management adviser, Efraín Suárez, said on Monday that They are waiting for the ALD to start processing the law that will define ‘the temporary absence’ of the governedr Luis Fernando Camacho, to comply with the resolution of the compliance action hearing.
“In the ALD, laws are going to be discussed to define something that is already defined, that there is no absence. We hope that the assembly members are responsible with the people, with democracy, above all, and responsible with the duty that they have, which is to represent the people who gave them their vote and who He also gave his vote to Luis Fernando Camacho for him to serve as governor of Santa Cruz,” Suárez said.
In addition, he said that the government substitution does not apply to Camacho’s situation, because for the governor to succeed, he must declare himself absent or resign. Likewise, he said that the Civil Code establishes that the absence occurs when the person disappears and there is no knowledge of his whereabouts for more than 2 years, which has not happened with the governor of the department of Santa Cruz.
