This Monday in the Encuentro interview with Julio Villagrán, the electoral expert, Ruth Eleonora López, mentioned that the municipalities are not solving the problems of the population due to lack of resources, starting with the cut of the FODES, to this is added the increases of salaries that several mayors have made, cutting more supplies to the communes.
“They had said that they were going to increase the FODES by 13%, like any electoral campaign, many things are said in the campaign but when the time comes to execute it it does not happen…The increase in per diems and representation expenses is a hypocrisy, it is a hypocrisy because although the territory has increased, if they accepted the position it is because they accept it with the good and the bad, when they entered the electoral competition they already knew that the municipalities were not small.” López highlights.
For López, the use of the concentration of power is to manipulate municipal management and it loses its autonomy, which is recognized in the constitution, thus causing mayors to have to resort to the central administration to be able to carry out works.
“Autonomy is seriously affected, the mayors have to give in so that they are given a little money to carry out works and not look so bad with the people, it is very unfortunate because the one who ends up affected is not the mayor or the municipal council but the people. ” said Ruth Eleonora López.
On another topic, López mentioned that in the Legislative Assembly of the 20 commissions that existed, 3 were inoperative and another 13 had not operated for more than a quarter, these should have been united, but with the 8 new commissions it can be seen how education, economy and work do not appear, demonstrating that they are not priority issues in the legislative plenary session.
“On the issue of reducing the commissions, 20 were enough and they could have joined together but the truth is that today it is nowhere even though they discursively say so, but since it is not on paper, the commission on work, education, and women is not there. and economy” said the electoral expert.
He also highlighted that governments are not interested in people knowing their rights, because the more they know them, they will begin to demand them and that is not convenient for them, in the case of our country there are no guarantees for citizens to demand them.
“There is no guarantee system in the country that allows a person whose rights are violated a place to complain; previously these situations were resolved in court or at the Constitutional Chamber.” Lopez said.