The recently named ombudsman of the Dominican Republic, Pablo Ulloa was elected president of the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen (FIO) for a two-year period. The FIO had met in the Dominican Republic. He replaces Augusto Jordán Rodás Andrade of Guatemala.
Pablo Ulloa said that his election “represents a recognition to the Dominican Republic for its progress in terms of rights” and commits him “to continue strengthening the figure of the ombudsman as a guarantor of good administration and citizens’ rights.”
The new vice presidents of the FIO are Blanca Izaguirre, Ombudsman of Honduras; Nadia Alejandra Cruz Tarifa, Ombudsman of Bolivia; and Jesús Maetzu, Ombudsman of Andalusia (Spain), according to a press release from the Office of the Ombudsman of the Dominican Republic.
During the meeting in the Dominican Republic, the FIO representatives analyzed the impact of Covid-19 on societies, communities and groups in special situations of vulnerability.
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El Nacional
30 November 2021