Ombudsman post back on agenda

[NewsWhore]

The bill for the selection of an Ombudsman is back in study commission. This initiative, which has been in Congress for over five years, was one of the first items on the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies first session during the current legislature. The post of Ombudsman, or Public Defender, was created by Law 19-01 and approved in 2000. According to Clave Digital, the law states that the Chamber of Deputies must submit three candidates for the position of Ombudsman and send them to the Senate for final selection. A special commission led by former Deputy Licelotte Marte de Barrios evaluated more than 100 aspirants and chose a shortlist of three candidates for the position of Ombudsman and Assistant Ombudsman, but the bill was not approved. The difficulty of this selection lies in the fact that approval must come from two-thirds of the entire Chamber of Deputies and the three parties represented did not reach an agreement. It is expected that the Deputies will look over the existing trio, re-evaluate the candidates and call for new candidates to express their interest in the post of Public Defender.

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