In an interview with Caracol Radio, congressman Gustavo Bolivar spoke on stage to search for Felipe Córdoba’s successor, a process that has been surrounded by controversy.
“It is a scenario that, due to its institutional design, the choice of controller it’s embarrassing They leave us in the hands of the congressmen, many of whom are the owners of governors, mayors and many government officials, to choose who will monitor public resources. From that bad design, a number of interests are managed that people do not imagine.
Bolívar has been denouncing that some members of Congress are trying to manipulate the votes for the election of this position and highlights that it is the same as 4 years ago.
“The candidates, in order to win, begin to sell their souls to the devil. That is to say, the congressmen from the regions appear, who are owners of governorships and mayors’ offices, to ask them to change their vote for the departmental directorates of the Comptroller’s Office. Practically by changing the vote they ensure impunity for their territorial entities for four more years”, he pointed out.
The senator assured that, although one wants to fight against corruption, the machinery does not allow it. “Therein lies the problem… the institutional design does not allow it. If we have a pocket comptroller, nothing is going to happen to this person. What we want is an independent comptroller but one that is not handed over to the corrupt political class of this country”.
He affirmed that the candidate who is shaping up to win is María Fernanda Rangel, who, according to Senator Gustavo Bolívar, does not give him confidence because he has the Comptroller’s intelligence department in his hands and never alerted them about the robberies that have taken place. lately.
The senator asks his colleagues to analyze the resumes and elect a comptroller to give guarantees to citizens.