The Attorney General’s Office (PGN) opened an investigation into the president of Ecopetrol, Ricardo Roa, due to the official’s failure to attend various summonses from the Congress of the Republic.
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This complaint was imposed by David de Jesús Bettin Gómez, who is the secretary of the Fifth Constitutional Commission of the Legislature.
“By the letter dated October 16, 2024, this control entity was informed of the repeated absences of Dr. Ricardo Roa Barragán, president of Ecopetrol, to some summons that said commission made to him in order to exercise political control against to his management where he sought to address relevant issues for the country,” pointed out the document.
After issuing this order, the Attorney General’s Office notified the president of Ecopetrol through his personal and institutional email so that the involved in the investigation was aware of this situation.
The control entity requested to decree and carry out tests to corroborate the activities that the official has had that have prevented him from appearing in the debates of the Congress of the Republic. Therefore, he asked Ecopetrol’s Human Talent office for detailed information about:
Full name, identification document, last registered or known address, institutional and personal email; registered telephone number, both cellular and landline, positions, grade, salary accrued for 2024, date of entry into the entity, manual functions and powersamong other data.
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In addition, he asked the Fifth Commission of the Congress of the Republic to deliver a report specifying to the entity the times that Roa, in his capacity as president of the oil company, did not respond to the political control summons made by senators José David Name Cardozo, Daniel Pineda García and Didier Lobo Chinchilla.
Ricardo Roa, president of Ecopetrol.
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Why has Ricardo Roa been summoned to Congress?
In recent weeks, several summons have been presented by the Legislature to the president of Ecopetrol, Ricardo Roa. Mainly the calls have been made in order to address issues related to the drop in the company’s profits, business outside the country, import of gas from the United States, the behavior of energy plans, measures on possible lawsuits and obligations of the company on the New York Stock Exchange.
“Indicate if the members of the Board of Directors could also have incurred in said omission, if so, indicate if they presented the corresponding excuses. Bear the answers”, pointed out the document.
Within this order, it is sought to practice the evidence that arises from the investigations as long as they are conducive, relevant and useful to identify or individualize the possible author or authors of the disciplinary offense that is being investigated in these proceedings.
Marisol Gamarra, a lawyer from the Attorney General’s Office, was also commissioned to carry out the decreed tests and carry out the necessary procedures, thereby projecting the decisions that correspond by law. It is worth noting that There is no appeal against this order.
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