{"id":155411,"date":"2021-03-24T06:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=155411"},"modified":"2021-03-25T06:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T10:41:28","slug":"senate-to-vote-for-new-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/24\/senate-to-vote-for-new-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to vote for new ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Camara-de-Diputados-Defensor-del-Pueblo-Listin-Diario-e1616597351117.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155451\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chamber of Deputies sent the shortlists to the Senatefrom with the names of pre-selected candidates for the nation\u2019s ombudsman. The candidates are politicians Fidel Ernesto Santana (Frente Amplio), Henry Modesto Mer\u00e1n (Fuerza del Pueblo) and Pablo Ulloa Castillo, former executive director of the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chamber of Deputies says the shortlist of alternates are Roberto Carlos Quiroz, Ana Josefa Felipe and Mar\u00eda Aurelia Genao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The civic society watchdog organization, Citizen Participation (PC) has called for the ombudsman&#8217;s election to comply with the law. PC highlights that the ombudsman law is clear in stating that the position is not open to politicians. Santana and Meran had high-profile political affiliations at the time they opted for the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/politica\/seleccion-del-defensor-del-pueblo-y-camara-de-cuentas-en-manos-del-senado-OE25210439\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/03\/24\/662610\/queda-en-manos-del-senado-nombrar-miembros-cc-y-defensor-del-pueblo\">Listin Diario<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/acento.com.do\/politica\/participacion-ciudadana-demanda-eleccion-del-defensor-del-pueblo-sea-apegada-a-la-ley-8926330.html\">Acento <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/z101digital.com\/pablo-ulloa-dice-tener-altas-expectativas-de-ser-elegido-defensor-del-pueblo\/\">Z101 Digital<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chamber of Deputies sent the shortlists to the Senatefrom with the names of pre-selected candidates for the nation\u2019s ombudsman. The candidates are politicians Fidel Ernesto Santana (Frente Amplio), Henry Modesto Mer\u00e1n (Fuerza del Pueblo) and Pablo Ulloa Castillo, former executive director of the Constitutional Court. The Chamber of Deputies says the shortlist of alternates &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/24\/senate-to-vote-for-new-ombudsman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155500,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155411\/revisions\/155500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}