Within days of presidential second roundhe Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa Solarte filed a right of petition before the Minister of the Interior, Armando Benedettirequesting the official agenda of the official and his vice ministers until June 21. Your goal is verify that public positions and State resources are not used in favor of any candidate during the final stretch of the campaign.
Law 5 of 1992 empowers congressmen to request reports from ministers in office. political control. The Ministry of the Interior has five calendar days to respond.
For each activity recorded in the agendathe request asks to specify the description, object, date, time, place and type of event: institutional meeting, territorial visitinauguration, delivery of works or government council. It also requests information whether the minister or vice ministers plan participate in activities linked to electoral campaigns, political parties or candidates during that period.
The request also includes the submission of resolutions, service commissions, travel authorizations, tickets and official travel itineraries in that period, with the Discriminated costs for transportation, accommodation and travel expenses. The senator also questions whether there is any internal protocol that regulates the participation of senior government officials in public activities during electoral periods.
Regarding his reasons, Motoa was direct: “The country requires full guarantees so that the electoral process is developed with transparency and impartiality. I have proposed to do detailed monitoring of the actions of the Ministerswith the purpose of verifying that public positions, State resources and institutional powers are not used to favor the ruling party’s candidate“said the congressman when announcing the initiative.
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However, the Electoral Guarantees Law prohibits the public servants use your position to actively participate in party or campaign activities.
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The Motoa request to the Ministry of the Interior is the first of a series which, as announced, will extend to other portfolios in the next few days. “I remind you that the Ministries have five days to respond to us. The purpose is defend democracy and maintain freedom in Colombia“he added.
María Alejandra Moreno Flórez
EL TIEMPO School of Multimedia Journalism / Political Writing
