This Tuesday, the caucus of Senators of the Broad Front presented two bills before the chamber: one referred to the “improvement and improvement of the work” of the Board of Transparency and Public Ethics (Jutep) and another related to illicit enrichment.
In a press conference that was attended by Senators Enrique Rubio and Liliam Kechichian, some details of both initiatives were given. As explained by the senator, these projects would be complemented by the proposal for the law on the financing of political parties that is currently in the Chamber of Deputies and “would help the necessary transparency.”
Rubio, meanwhile, explained that the entire Broad Front supports this initiative that responds to the need to “take a leap forward that strengthens the organizations that seek to introduce transparency and fight against corruption in our country.”
More powers for the Jutep
The senator indicated that the Jutep has “very limited powers.” In this sense, he referred to the fact that there were “recent experiences” where “the decisions that are adopted are not fulfilled.”
With this project “Jutep becomes an autonomous entity (not dependent on political power) whose members will be appointed by two thirds of the General Assembly.” This “will give you the power before the Judiciary to make well-founded criminal complaints” and also “allows you to have a range of transparency devices where it is mandatory that the affidavits be on the web and that all citizens have access” to them. .
In addition, this project is related to the illicit enrichment project since, in the event that acts of corruption are configured, criminal sanctions can be applied. In this way, two articles are introduced in the penal code in this regard.
Likewise, Rubio explained that his link with the political parties law has to do with “the issue of money management, whether for the financing of parties or the use of public functions, is key to the mechanisms of corruption.”
