Ibague
The Council of Ibagué carried out political control debate with the Municipal Comptroller, Edna Margarita Murciain order to learn about the management, but also to inquire about some trips he has made and their cost.
Precisely A report from the same control entity reveals that he was absent from the city for 141 days., which is equivalent to almost five months. In addition, inconsistencies were found in the responses delivered to the Council, some lobbyists stated.
One of the councilors who raised strong questions was Camilo Acevedo of the U Party, who expressed his discontent: “The summons to the Municipal Comptroller’s Office did not meet the expectations of the debate. The responses to the questionnaire sent by the entity were very superficial.” Acevedo announced an exhaustive review of the responses by Murcia, with the intention of certifying copies to the control entities for a detailed study of the official’s actions.
Acevedo also expressed a series of concerns regarding the work of the Ibagué comptroller.We are concerned to have found in consultations as citizens, not as councilors, that contractual processes that should be there are not evident in the SECOP platform. This platform is created to guarantee transparency in the entities, which calls into question the way in which the Comptroller’s Office is auditing the municipal administration.”
For his part, Councilor Giovanny Martínez questioned the use of travel expenses by the comptroller “The comptroller likes to go to Cartagena, Santa Marta and Putumayo with state travel expenses. I asked him if he knew any township in our municipality, because, just as he likes to travel to Santa Marta, he could visit Toche, Tapias and San Juan de la China. The national territory also includes our municipality, and she is paid to work here,” Martínez said. “I am concerned that the farmers do not know it, and this is unacceptable when 97% of the municipality is rural and only 3% is the city.”
The lack of clear responses from the comptroller generated greater concern among councilors and citizens, in addition to the lack of commitment to the rural sector. The Ibagué Council assured that it will continue to pay attention to the actions of the comptrollerwith the aim of guaranteeing transparent and adequate management for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the municipality.
They ask the General Auditor’s Office of the Republic to investigate the comptroller of Ibagué
Edna Margarita Murcia faced the Council for the first time and it went badly, The official read the report, she did not respond in depth to the lobbyists’ questions and she was questioned for apparently being a traveling comptroller.
According to the councilor, Jhon Gómez, It was a real disappointment due to the presentation made by the auditora situation that will lead to copies being certified for investigation.
“The corresponding entities will be the ones that carry out the investigations, as well as I am going to request the General Auditor’s Office of the Republic to audit the Comptroller’s Office of Ibagué”Gomez said.
Precisely in what has to do with travel, The comptroller has been out of the city for a significant number of days since she took office. and has received travel expenses of more than $150 million.
