one of the favorite candidates to occupy the Comptroller General’s Office resigns

However, EL TIEMPO established that one of the favorites, Whoever got the best score in the tests to occupy the high position is not going to appear for the interview. This is Andrés Castro Franco, current Representative of Bogotá.

In a letter sent to the president of the Senate, Iván Name, says that he does not want to cause more setbacks in the election process.
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“Two years ago and convinced of the transparency of public calls and
selection and merit contests to fill public positions, I presented my name as an applicant to be the Comptroller General of the Republic, a call that was issued and led to the election of the then head of the national fiscal control entity,” he points out.

And he adds in his letter:

–As is known, judicial decisions determined that the process be reversed, a situation that today makes it once again part of the list of those eligible to exercise such high dignity, this as a result, precisely of merit..

–However, currently and as a result of a merit contest in which I also took first place, I am the Representative of Bogotá, DC for the period 2024-2028, acquiring a commitment to the city that I must honor.

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–I do not want to generate more setbacks in the election process for the Comptroller General of the Republic.but the responsibility acquired with the citizens, the respect for you, congressmen, for the institutions and for fiscal control, lead me to distance myself from the process, with the conviction that the process will culminate with the best results for the needs of the country

Some consider that Castro’s retirement is due to Carlos Hernán Rodríguez -whose election was annulled by the Council of State- would be re-elected without major problems.

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However, there are other candidates in the dispute for the position: María Fernanda Rangel, Diana Carolina Torres, Mónica Certaín, Elsa Yasmín González, Julio César Cárdenas, Luis Carlos Pineda, Víctor Salcedo and Karol González.