The Attorney General’s call for a hearing on the mayor of Cartagena on Friday, William Dau Chamat’s photo.It is because of the alleged disrespect towards the directors of the University of Cartagena that various disciplinary processes are opened, which are open not only to him, but also to the leaders of the capitals of the country.
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And while William Dau is the mayor who took the list, which is not very positive due to the number and thematic relevance of the processes, other local leaders are not far behind.
With 6 investigations, the second rank of those targeted by the Office of the Chief Prosecutor for disciplinary offenses allegedly committed as a public official, Mayor of Cali Jorge Iván Ospina
These have to do with alleged irregularities in hiring Public Corporations in Cali, for example, with alleged ‘front-line’ people being tied to the Mayor’s Office in 2021 (precedent)—a scandal that has erupted over the past few weeks—and the alleged lack of action in the face of acts of vandalism against Caleños and public property presented at demonstrations in April and May last year.
Given the number of processes that put her at risk of disciplinary proceedings, Ospina told this newspaper that the Attorney General had no barriers to the performance of the relevant duties corresponding to her, and in no case were translations of those responsible for the disciplinary offenses brought against them as they were still in the verification stage.
(You may be interested: The Attorney General receives 4,000 complaints a day for the inefficiency of public officials).
“We absolutely respect the investigations conducted by the Attorney General’s Office, we understand the disciplinary work, we understand the need for the public official to be evaluated, monitored and supervised by the Public Ministry.” Management has advanced in cases where they question him today.
That’s why the mayor said he hoped the outcome of the investigations against him would be based on evidence.
On the other hand, it shares the third place in the ranking with five ongoing investigations about each of them. Daniel Quinteromayor of Medellin and Juan Carlos Cardenas’s photo.head of bumangueses.
(We invite you to read: Elections: Oversight plan announced to prevent irregularities in 2023).
This ‘top’ of the most researched was completed by Andrés Fabián Hurtado of Ibagué; Carlos Alberto Maya from Pereira; John Philip HarmanVillavicencio and Virna Lizi Johnson as SalcedoThe mayor of Santa Marta. All in different dependencies of Attorney General with the above three actions.
These processes are part of the environment 4,000 complaints received daily by the Attorney General’s Office against public officials from all parts of the country and at all levels (see box).
Mayor William Dau has fallen into more than one controversy over his words since he came to power in Cartagena.
The latest was Thursday’s criticism of former President Iván Duque’s visits to the Guesthouse during his administration. According to Dau, the former head of state used the place for a few drinks on the weekends, a comment that has been dismissed by politicians like the former senator of the Republic, Fernando Araújo.
(Further notes: William Dau noted that Duque went to Cartagena “on the weekends for rum”).
However, the most damaging statement lately at the disciplinary level is the one he will make against high-level officials. University cartagena.
On July 31, 2020, through local media, Dau referred to some University leaders in terms of “disobedient and disrespectful”.
The chapter was given with the comments made during the problems that arose with the election of the District Inspector of the walled city.
The Attorney General’s Office made an appointment for him to answer such charges at an oral hearing. At 9 a.m. on this November 16 morning, William Dau was summoned to explain any conduct he may have done as an official called for good treatment, impartiality, and integrity; only in this case could it affect the human dignity of the rulers.
(In context: lawsuit against Mayor Dau for insulting university administrators).
In the dialogue with EL TIEMPO, the mayor of Cartagena defended himself and said that he actually knew of the many processes launched against him since he came to power.
“I think they only brought about 40 cases in their first year of government, more than any mayor in the entire history of Cartagena. But you have to understand why this happened, because finally, for the first time in Cartagena’s history, there has come an unaffiliated mayor who is ready to overthrow the political class that is today the orphans of power, the political class that has taken about 70 percent of it. “The Cartagena budget is either due to corruption or bad spending,” he said.
However, the scenario Dau faces at the Attorney General’s Office, where he has advanced some initial investigation stages, is not in Dau’s favour, due to lawsuits such as his alleged involvement in politics in the mayor’s studies, which he allegedly left more than once. or in the contract that the women imprisoned in a city prison apparently neglected for their food.
mayor of Bogota, claudia lopez, According to the document received from the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, there are two disciplinary investigations at the stage of evidence and one disciplinary investigation in the preliminary examination.
The first stretches back to 2021 and 2022 and stems from Twitter participation in politics and alleged non-compliance with mandates enshrined in the Political Constitution and international humanitarian law treaties.
The process, which is in the preliminary stages, came about after the alleged illegal eviction he organized on May 4, 2020 – in the midst of a pandemic – with several regional officials, including the then Government Secretary. Luis Ernesto Gomez.
(Further notes: The Attorney General collects evidence at the Office of the Chief Prosecutor regarding the perturbations in the SAE inventory).
The cases are in the hands of the First District Attorney’s Office and the Disciplinary Support Group of the Chamber of Disciplinary Investigation, with no action taken against them, according to Mayoral Legal Secretary William Mendieta.
However, the official agreed to talk to EL TIEMPO about the processes the mayor is facing. Claudia Lopez.
When faced with the most controversial eviction during Covid-19, he made sure everything was arranged according to regulations.
against so-called political participation through excitementthis is due to a complaint made by a citizen.
Mendieta said that they are waiting for the definition of the supervisory board on this issue, but in general, “When they do not inform us, we say to the Attorney General: ‘There is no disciplinary offense here because the mayor expressed a cyclical opinion, so there is no disciplinary offense here’.” With the statement he made on his Twitter account, he did not use public resources, did not get involved in politics and we demand that it be archived.
(We invite you to read: Claudia López’s ‘statements’ to the Ministry of Transport via Metro and Calle 13).
The same position is held by other mayors, who are at the top of the list and consulted by this newspaper, to ensure that they do not commit violations worthy of disciplinary action.
So they knew Daniel Quintero, Juan Carlos Cardenas and Andres Fabian HurtadoMayor of Ibagué.
The first stressed that they had tried to dismiss him more than once and that the complaints were “part of a discrediting strategy that tried to intimidate us, but they were not going to succeed.” The one from Bucaramanga said that one of the processes they pointed out to him was a caravan in Santurbán and that he accepted his participation as a citizen: I will fulfill them,” he said, adding that he hoped the support he had gathered from Ibagué would be taken into account in his defense.
In any event, disciplinary investigations by the Attorney General’s Office may or may not progress to calls for a trial, where the presidents can defend themselves against the charges and only at the end of the process the decision will be made. . the decision on their responsibility for the alleged disciplinary offence.
The Attorney General’s Office announced the number of complaints it receives daily about public officials across the country. In accordance with Margaret Hair, The Office of the Chief Prosecutor collects an average of 167 complaints every hour.
To classify the work of Public Ministry officials with better technology, the technical field is developing a single information system that will aggregate most of the nearly 50 programs they manage today. According to Cabello, this will make the job much easier.
“All this technological work will be accompanied by what is called the mobile application of the legal entity, through which any citizen can create a disciplinary record,” the lawyer said.
For example, from one of these complaints came the investigation into their alleged involvement in politics against the mayor of Bogota, Claudia López. along with the progress Classifying disciplinary complaints, Work is underway on a research pilot called citizen access surveillance in civil jurisdiction.
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