Ibague
The conservative councilor, Jorge Bolívar, denounced in the plenary session of the Ibagueño council what would be according to him, the first ‘mickey’ found in the Development Plan 2024 – 2027a document presented by the Mayor’s Office of Ibagué the previous week.
The lobbyist stated that in the document that will be the road map of the municipal administration, what would be powers appear so that the mayor, Johana Aranda, can modify the personnel plantthat is, create new positions or eliminate them.
“We here have already made the first public complaint of what we consider the first monkey that we have observed in the development plan. And why do I call him the first monkey? Because we are talking about a development plan that is the future of the city in the next four years, That is, what are we going to do, works, themes of youth, childhood, women, older adults, rural areas“Bolívar warned.
The opposition leader stated that “But strangely, what article ten talks about is pro tempore powers, And here the mayor is asking to be empowered to issue an administrative act with the force of agreement through which the structure of the central administration is modified and the functions of its departments, create new positions, eliminate or merge jobs, indicate its special functions and establish its emoluments.
Bolívar highlighted that, Although the study is of the Development Plan, the administration wants to take advantage of it to carry out an express route initiativewhich would allow them to modify the personnel plant without studies.
He also warned that The goals of the development plan set by this government are very similar or identical to which the development plan of the former mayor, Andrés Hurtado, proposed.
“While the previous administration spoke in the development plan of the construction of the Intermediate Unit of Comuna Siete, it was never done, there is a loan for that, the intermediate unit of the Topacio neighborhood, commune 8 and Today they state that these are the goals of this administration“, he claimed.
Finally he maintained that, You cannot think about a new loan until you finish investing the resources of the two debts. who took over the Mayor’s Office between 2020 and 2023.
Fact: the municipality would also seek approval for the creation of new office secretaries.
