The Public Ministry is investigating four former members of the Board of Directors of the Hospital San Juan de Dios de Abejorral

There Office of the Attorney General of the Nation filed a complaint against four former members of the board of directors of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the municipality of bumblebeeDepartment of Antiochbetween 2016 and 2019 due to possible irregularities in the “contract 078 of 2016, signed with a view to carrying out the public competition of merits to choose the director of the establishment for the period 2017-2020”.

Thus, former officials of the State social enterprise (ESE) potentially concerned are the municipal mayor and the chairman of the board of directors, Mario de Jesus Gutierrez Guzman; the health secretary, Lina Marcela Gonzalez Casas; the administrative director, Liceth Clarena Escobar Morales and the general practitioner Tamara Lili Velasquez Martinez.

Apparently, through agreements, the interested parties suspended for 30 days the execution of the said contract signed between the THIS and the University of Medellinthey extended said suspension twice and subsequently declared the merit competition void, omitting their obligation to make the shortlist to select the director of the THIS with the candidates having obtained the three best qualifications.

With this series of possible behaviors, the members of the board of directors of the THIS they would have omitted their functional duty to fully pursue and complete the legal activity, without any justification, with which they could transgress the constitutional and legal principles of public office, and undermine the good functioning of the state.

“For the Provincial Instruction Office of Rionegro, those involved have violated the legal norm that establishes that open competitions that are at any stage will continue until their completion and the appointment of the director or director will be incumbent on the member of the shortlist who obtained first, the nominator must make the appointment under Article 72 of Law 1438 of 2011,” the prosecution said.

Likewise, the attorney interrogated them to prevent University of Medellin continue the current selection process, so that, once completed, the Board of Directors proceeds to the constitution of the respective shortlist, “in accordance with the provisions of the transitional paragraph of article 20 of the 1797 law of 2016” , in effect at the time. facts.

At this stage of the procedure, the misdemeanors of the civil servants of the time have been provisionally qualified as serious as a fraud. For his part, he Public minister He said the subjects of the proceedings may file defenses and/or request or provide such evidence as they deem necessary for their defense. In addition, respecting the separation of roles, the file will be transmitted to the corresponding judicial officer.

On the other hand, during his visit to bumblebeemunicipality of eastern Antioquia, the governor Anibal Gaviria Korea announced an investment of 350 million for the improvement of the Liceo educational establishment Manuel Canuto Restrepo for the rural school Pedro Pablo Ramirez.

Governor Hannibal Gaviria He was in bumblebee where he reported that it is the first municipality where this new stage of return begins to spend the night in the municipalities of Antioquia.

Likewise, the governor’s office and the mayor’s office signed an agreement for the improvement of urban sanitation.

“With the reinforcement of the collectors, we will guarantee the proper evacuation of residual water and benefit more than 1,100 people”, assured the Governor.

The tour by bumblebeealso included the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of Parque de la Vida, which has a government contribution of 1,500 million pesos, and the delivery of materials to carry out the improvement of urban roads.