Speaking on Esta Noche con Mariasela evening talk show, the president of the Chamber of Accounts and Chamber of Accounts Janel Ramirez and member Mario Fernandez spoke of possible solutions to the impasse between the five Chamber of Accounts members that has led the key institution to be at a standstill.
The Chamber of Accounts is responsible for auditing the government entities and quality audits are crucial to the efforts to combat corruption in government.
The Chamber of Accounts has hopes that one of the three opposing members decide to side with Janel Ramirez and Mario Fernandez that are seeking transparency. The past plenary at the Chamber of Accounts ruled that the sessions of the plenary were to be private until 2025. The Ramirez and Fernandez seek the sessions to be public, but have not been able to secure the needed third vote of at least one of the three women members of the plenary — Elsa Maria Catano Ramirez, Tomasina Tolentino de McKenzie and Elsa Maria Peña.
The Chamber of Deputies has asked for a 15-day extension of the 9 June 2023 deadline to decide whether to start actions to remove the five members. The Chamber of Deputies has asked for the defending members Janel Ramirez and Mario Fernandez to present evidence of their statements in the questioning of the Chamber of Deputies.
Janel Ramirez and Mario Fernandez said on the Esta Noche con Mariasela talk show that another solution is the naming of a third party trio to oversee the decisions taken by the plenary.
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12 June 2023