Weighing new priorities. The control of the Government of Guillermo Lasso, Apparently, it will become the priority of the brand new Citizen Participation Council and Social Control (CPCCS) in the absence of a National Assembly.
This week, the members of the organization they will fully immerse themselves in the functions that compete with them The conformation and approval of pending observatories and oversight and new ones are among the first issues to be resolved on the fly.
On president, Alembert Vera, reported that in less than a week of management they have already received, among others, three requests for the formation of oversight for the presidential and assembly elections August, so this is expected to be the trend in these months.
the counselor Augusto Verduga pointed out, on the first day of activities of the CPCCS, that another of the priorities of the organization would be promote the social agenda and citizen participation. For this, it points to the “empowerment of neighborhoods and citizen assemblies”, among other mechanisms.
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But in a week, the political landscape changed due to the decree signed by President Lasso with which the Assembly was dissolved and with it the prospects. The Citizen Participation Council announced that it will take over the supervisory role of the Executive who temporarily leaves the Legislative Function.
The problem is that social control Corruption is one of the historical debtss pending from the Citizen Participation Council and, that of research, one of the areas with the greatest lag: some 400 investigations and complaints remain unanalyzed, without counting those who are still in the provincial delegations of the CPCCS.
“No Assembly, the only way we have to audit socially is the evaluation citizen that the Council does not do directly, but through oversight, citizen assemblies that can later be raised to the CPCCS to be able to observe the decree-law decisions issued by President Lasso”, said Vera.
The Government Minister, Henry Cucalon, ve con good eyes this adespecially when since the CPCCS, since its creation, there has not been a complaint or strong case against corruption, despite the fact that detecting and reporting it is part of its functions.
“Hopefully with this the citizenship finds out that the CPCCS is for something else other than bossing around and dolling up, with phone calls involved, to name control authorities,” said the minister.
With regard to the appointment of authorities, the processes will continue, although the enthusiasm for making them fast will apparently decrease in intensity for a simple reason: since there is no National Assembly to take office of those designated, for at least six months, a space of Time for those contests.
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The CPCCS has pending the processes to designate holders of the General Contralory of the State; Public Defender; Ombudsman’s Office; Superintendence of Banks; of Data Protection. In addition to the partial renewal of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE), a function that entered the electoral period.
To this is added a front with the State Attorney General’s Office that since last Friday investigate the seven members of the CPCCS. This, after suspicions that this body could try to alter or even eliminate the file with which the current prosecutor Diana Salazar participated and won.
Vera denies the accusation and assures that This is the first “persecution” to the directors, a situation that could alter and hinder their work, which is just beginning.
The plenary of #CPCCS Two women were appointed to lead the value adding areas.
🔹 Mariángel Muñoz Vicuña, Secretary for Transparency and the Fight Against Corruption.
🔹 Ana Belén Yela Duarte, Secretary of Citizen Participation and Social Control #CouncilOfThePeople 🇪🇨 pic.twitter.com/AfdZyrOfde— Ecuador participates (@CpccsEc) May 23, 2023
The councilors appointed the following secretariats, that of Citizen Participation and Social Control fell to the lawyer Ana Belén Yela Duarte.
The Secretariat of Transparency and the fight against corruption will be exercised by the lawyer Mariángel Muñoz.
The General Secretariat will be in charge of the lawyer and the function of pro secretary will take her out of the doctor Jorge Carvajal.
Almost all the new officials were elected by majority. In the midst of constant complaints from the counselor Mishelle Calvache about the delay in publicizing the resumes of the participants.
2023-05-23 04:13:30
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