The lawyer, politician, union member and social entrepreneur, Kelvinson Henríquez De la Cruz, candidate for Ombudsman expressed that if he is elected for the aforementioned function he will work tirelessly to achieve the progress required by the institution, undertaking different actions with efficiency and transparency in favor of society.
Among these he cited the protection of the fundamental rights of the people with the application of policies in accordance with the current situation in the country, preventing and reducing corruption by monitoring and supervising the actions of the public administration as established by law.
Also, educate and inform the population about their rights using information technologies, defend the environment against the threats of climate change and show due attention to public and private institutions that provide public services in a precarious way and with excessive billing. , as in telecommunications services (telephone, internet), passenger transport, electricity, access to drinking water, among others).
Henríquez De la Cruz promises to combat arbitrary arrests carried out outside the law and, in the same order, will propose the reduction and elimination of the excesses of unjustified and disproportionate pretrial detention as a measure of coercion, which, in his opinion This trial leads to overcrowding of the country’s prisons, and inhuman situations of overcrowding that violate human rights and people’s dignity in all its forms.
Finally, he assured that once he is in charge of the Ombudsman, his management will not be a “light defense”.
Interviews end
This Friday the interviews with the candidates to be Ombudsman that the legislators who make up the special commission that are in charge of choosing the shortlist to elect the replacement of Zoila Martínez and her deputies concluded for eight days.
The president of the special commission, Pedro Tineo, at the end of the interviews explained that of the 97 applicants only about 74 were interviewed, eight people resigned and 15 did not appear nor did they send their excuses.
In the next week the commission, which is made up of 15 deputies, will begin the deliberations stage to deliver the final report to the Lower House.
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