The state attorney general’s office is awaiting the government’s response to the life insurance contract Politics | News

The State Attorney General, Diana Salazar, when she presented her work report, declared that she was awaiting the response of the Ministry of Labor regarding the rule regulating the contract of life insurance for high-risk public servants of the institution. Hiring is urgent, he replied.

His presentation before the National Assembly began with the metastasis case. He assured that he would not give way to salvation. The case began after the murder of Leandro Norrero, revealing signs of a criminal structure linked to state sectors which in turn were linked to drug trafficking.

He described the Metastasis case as “the biggest operation against drug trafficking in the country”, involving more than 400 people across the country, 75 raids, resulting in 31 detentions, including justice administrators, seven of whom escaped. Information leak, and seizure of numerous weapons, ammunition, electronic equipment, etc.

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Diana Salazar pointed out that the organization, through 912 prosecutors’ offices, has generated 383,068 crime reports, and has 1,196 active protected people nationwide.

Near the end of his participation in the plenary session, which lasted about an hour, Salazar mentioned the administration and management of human talent of the prosecutor’s office. He said: “We are waiting for the statement of the Ministry of Labor on the rule governing the contract of life insurance, and it is not the current management, but the management starting in 2019.”

He said that during this time he has made actions, efforts, coordination, insistence, requests, petitions and also suggested that a report has been submitted with the details of the server who died violent death. All this with the aim of authorizing recruitment in the executive and creating awareness to get better security for officers. The issue is urgent, he asserted.

“I know I am uncomfortable with some groups and some areas, I am uncomfortable with guilt, but I am steadfast in my faith and I know that God’s timing is perfect. Hence, no defamation, no lie can stop the work we are doing so hard for the country. “He who has the truth on his side has no reason to fear,” said a top prosecutor’s office official.

Addressing members of the assembly, he pointed out that Ecuador demanded it “Let us all work in one direction to eradicate the cancer of corruption, drug trafficking and terrorism from this country. Let’s not let him down.”

Within the framework of management and administration of procurement, contracts and provision of services and works for the proper functioning of the administrative units of the organization, he ensured that the annual public procurement plan is 100% implemented.

He highlighted the international cooperation in the operation of the Office of the Prosecutor in 2023, and took the opportunity to thank the friendly countries that support the operation of the organization and trust in the organization; With particular emphasis on the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, which have strengthened the fight against corruption and organized crime through non-reimbursable technical assistance.

In the field of international criminal assistance, 377 requests were completed, of which 123 are active, 254 are inactive and 32% correspond to drug trafficking, money laundering, organized crime and crimes of a sexual nature.

Within the innovation processes, he said that 31 prosecutors’ offices have been created, of which 25 are specialized and 6 are multi-competent.

The task was arduous, and the needs of not only the team risking their lives to reach justice and citizenship, but the entire country are immense; For this reason, he said it’s important to thank every server.

other officers

The National Assembly heard from the heads of institutions constituting the Electoral Work, Transparency and Social Control Work and Judicial Work, who presented their annual work reports corresponding to the year 2023.

The head of the Comptroller’s Office, Mauricio Torres, reported that the organization carried out 1,292 control actions nationwide, including management audits, public works audits, financial audits and sworn asset declarations, tax haven declarations, asset contract procedures, services, administrative and accounting aspects, public Structural functions, human talent components, among others.

7,346 administrative or civil liability resolutions have been issued for a global amount of approximately $293 million. Additionally, 301 reports with indications of criminal liability have been sent to the state attorney general’s office.

Diana Attament, President of the National Electoral Council, described 2023 as “an unprecedented year for Ecuador’s democracy”. Among the electoral processes, there were divisional elections, which had more than 60,000 registered candidates, the election of councilors of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control which received 191 applications, of which 45 candidates were qualified; Referendum, popular consultation in Seville Don Bosco, first and second round of preliminary elections; Popular Consultations on Yasuni and Choco Andino National Parks; and repeat elections in Kalakali Pargana.

He highlighted that the organization does full work to verify the legality of contributions to political organizations, and actions related to the UAFE, Sercop, the Council of the Judiciary, the Internal Revenue Service, the Ministry of Energy and the Superintendence of Non-Renewable Resources, Companies. and Superintendence of Banks.

For his part, the president of the controversial electoral court, Fernando Muñoz, reported that 360 cases were processed in that period, of which 341 have been resolved. 4.34% Pending corresponds to those whose proof is in normal course. He added that they had also disposed of 100 out of 101 pending cases of previous years.

Alvaro Roman, President of the Judicial Councilhighlighted that one of the main axes of the organization responds to the fight against corruption and organized crime, for which 1,218 cases have been conducted for the prosecution of crimes related to that matter.

He added that in favor of institutional strengthening, 296 training, continuing education, initial training and specialization courses were promoted, with the participation of 219,822 justice administrators.

Finally, Cesar Cordova, representing the transparency and control function He asserted that during this period a special training and education scheme in public ethics, public management, internal control standards, transparency, integrity and anti-corruption was implemented, in which 4,056 public servants from the eight institutions that make up the FTCS participated. (yo)