The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic responded to the request of the councilor of La Florida, Reinaldo Rosalesin relation to the Hiring of Francisco “Pancho” Orrego in the municipality led by Mayor Rodolfo Carter.
This fact generated controversy because, according to Councilman Rosales, the lawyer and panelist of the program Without filters, receives a salary of 2.2 million pesos per month for a job whose relationship with the municipality and his professional profile is questionable.
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Councilman Rosales submitted a letter requesting the Comptroller’s Office to rule on the hiring of Francisco Orrego, arguing that The assigned tasks do not seem to have a direct connection with the municipal administration or with the career he studied..
In response, the Comptroller’s Office granted a period of 10 business days to specifically specify the functions performed by the National Renewal activist, Francisco Orrego in the municipality of La Florida.
The Comptroller’s response and its demand to Carter
The Comptroller’s Office detailed in its response, available in the document accessed by ADN.cl, that “in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of Law No. 10,336please inform this Supervisory Body in accordance with the above, within a period of 10 administrative business days, counted from the receipt of this letter.”
This report It must be prepared with the intervention of the municipality’s legal advisory services, unless the matter is unrelated to the application or interpretation of legal norms. or that the entity does not have such a professional.
In addition, the Comptroller’s Office indicated that “All necessary background information must be submitted to adequately resolve the presentation in question.”, and added that the report must include whether the matter has been the subject of any action before a jurisdictional body, identifying, if so, the respective judicial case.
Mayor Carter’s defense of Orrego
For his part, previously, during the Municipal Council on June 19, Mayor Rodolfo Carter defended the hiring of the Sin Filtros panelist. “Simply, regarding Francisco Javier Orrego, he is a lawyer from the University of Chile, an outstanding student with great grades, “We have the right to hire a person who has a qualified professional degree,” he stated.
“He works in the office as a legal advisor, It constantly informs us about different bills that have to do with the municipality. We have nothing to hide about it. Therefore, I am very happy that Francisco Orrego, Pancho Orrego, works with us”he added.
Between the Work carried out by lawyer Orrego includes the planning and evaluation of communication strategiesand the writing of reports on various topics such as the “Terrorist attack in Cañete”, the “Crisis in the private insurance system”, and the “Biography of Héctor Llaitul, leader of the Arauco Malleco Coordinator”.
Councillor Rosales’ arguments
In the text that Councilman Reinaldo Rosales joined the Comptroller’s Office for the hiring of Francisco Orrego in the municipality of La Florida, argument the following: “Mayor Carter He points out that Mr. Orrego provides services in his office as a legal advisor, which is consistent with the provider’s legal profession. (…) However, and as can be seen from the above, Most of the assigned functions are not related to legal advice.”.
“In addition, There are functions such as those indicated (…) that require training, studies and skills for their execution, very different from those of a lawyer, which allows us to assume that the person hired does not have the necessary academic preparation to perform the functions entrusted by the Mayor,” he added.
Later, Rosales indicated that Mayor Carter “has made it clear in various media outlets that he is running for the presidency of Chile, which has been accompanied by interventions and public opinions on various issues of national contingency that are outside the scope of his duties as Mayor of the commune.”
“The above may suggest that Mr. Orrego’s advice, contracted with municipal funds, would be being used for personal purposes by Mayor Rodolfo Carterwho would use such advice in his attempts to become the next president of the Republic,” he added.
Finally, the councilor of La Florida stated that this situation “could constitute the crime of misappropriation of public funds under article 235 of the Criminal Code and tax fraud under article 242 bis”.
