The Provincial Office of Instruction of Ibagué warned that because of this alleged non-compliance, “the DPS would have decided not to extend the agreement that it had concluded with the municipality and which ended on December 31, 2021. “. PHOTO: IVAN STEPHENS/CUARTOSCURO.COM

The public prosecutor’s office announced on Saturday February 25 that it had opened an investigation against the mayor of Saint ElizabethTolima, Rodolfo Andrés Lopez Sierrafor alleged violation of Agreement 471 of 2016, signed with the Ministry of Social Prosperity (DPS) for the construction of houses that would benefit 43 families.

One of the obligations of the agreement was to comply with the instructions and directives established by the documents, manuals and operational guides for the More Families in Action programs.

In addition, to manage and promote the specific institutional offer, in terms of health and education, so that the beneficiary families can fulfill the commitments acquired.

Faced with possible failures of the mayor Lopez Sierra, The control entity initiated the disciplinary action, after the closure of a preventive action, by which it urged the official “to take the necessary measures so that the Consortium Santa Chava 2018 fulfills the obligations contracted in the works contract 107 of 2018, for $593,220,339, derived from the aforementioned agreement”.

For this reason, the attorney The Provincial Directorate of Education of Ibagué warned that because of this alleged non-compliance, “the DPS he would have decided not to extend the agreement he had concluded with the municipality and which ended on December 31, 2021.

He DPS For his part, he says that, during the execution of the construction of the houses, the supervision and the audit revealed the alleged contractual irregularities in the working groups, and through different communications and requirements, “without receiving a response “.

The decision of Attorney General’s Office was to decree the instruction to “verify the occurrence of this behavior, determine if it is a disciplinary fault or if there has been action under a reason for exoneration from liability”.

Precisely, on Saturday February 25, the Minister of Transport, William Reyes, He was in Santa Isabel to visit one of the tourist towns in the north of the department.

“The @MinistroReyes visits the municipality of Santa Isabel, Tolima, a tourist town that is part of the Parque de los Nevados. We are the Ministry of Territories! #GobiernoDeLaGente”, reported the Ministry of Transport from its Twitter account.

A few minutes later, the trilling one was Reyes:

“#AEstaHora we are in the municipality of Santa Isabel, Tolima, in the north of the department, an important tourist town that is part of Los Nevados. Respect for the visit to the community and our commitments from the Ministry of Territories! #GovernmentOfThePeople”.

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During the Minister’s visit, the Mayor Rodolfo Andrés Lopez Sierra, took the opportunity to thank him by giving him the Tolda de María y Madrid. Then they toured the streets of the municipality to take stock of the state of the infrastructure.

Other news from Tolima, on Saturday February 25, is that, in a communication addressed to the mayor of ibagedFabian Hurtado Barrera, the Attorney General’s Office reiterated the urgent request to “report the aspects related to the crisis generated as a result of the invoicing of the property tax”.

Complaints are that platform users Do you realize, to download online Payment of bills corresponding, they assure that it does not work.

In this sense, the entity called on the President to “immediately carry out actions aimed at overcoming the inconveniences denounced by taxpayers in a vulnerable situation who have to line up tirelessly to obtain the said receipt”.

Another of the concerns of the public prosecutor is that the difficulties presented affect not only tax-paying users, who reside in the city of Ibagué, but also in the rest of the national territory.

As it stands, the mayor Fabien Hurtado Barrera must inform in a timely manner, among other things, the date on which the new platform will be activated.

Finally, it was specified that the official must submit a copy of the contract for the provision of services and supplies no. supervision and audit reports.

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