The Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapata, left open the possibility of reviewing the rotation of the police officers of the investigative axis that supports the State Attorney General’s Office, after a request made on the night of February 12 by prosecutor Diana Salazar.
The announcement was made before the occasional commission that investigates the alleged corruption in public State institutions, where the legislators members of the table focused their questions on the rotation of National Police personnel who support the investigation unit of the Attorney General’s Office of the State.
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The legislators called the Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapata, and with their questions they sought from the official statements that the rotation of police personnel is an interference and could affect the investigation phase of the Encuentro case that is taking place in the State Attorney General’s Office.
The official clarified that the rotation is part of the regulations and that it is not an illegal act, although he left open the possibility of reviewing that decision in response to a request made by the attorney general, Diana Salazar. She asked legislators for time to review the request and provide a response. She recalled that the servers that were removed had been in that area for more than two years, when they should have been changed a year ago.
The members of the commission and Assemblywoman Marcela Holguín (UNES) They maintained that the rotation of 39 Police investigators does affect the investigation, because it is necessary to start from scratch, know the process and carry out tests of confidence.
According to Holguín, the rotation tries to cover up the probable acts of corruption that implicate the government of Guillermo Lasso.
The Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapata, justified before the occasional commission the processes of rotation of the Police in various State agencies, including the General Prosecutor’s Office, since these processes are normal in the National Police, he said, after noting that in 2022 there were more than six thousand rotations and in what so far this year there are more than two thousand.
Zapata pointed out that the oxygenation is positive, and that in the case of the Prosecutor’s Office there was a rotation of 39 agents who were replaced by 40 uniformed officers from the same investigative axis, and who are willing to present reliable evidence to the Prosecutor’s Office. He insisted that the transition be ordered so as not to hinder the investigation. The official maintained that the average of the Police investigators in the Prosecutor’s Office is two years two months and that therefore the rotation is carried out logically and does not constitute an illegal act, it is part of a normal administrative system and does not The Prosecutor’s Office is affected.
He indicated that in January 2023 the Prosecutor’s Office was strengthened with 20 policemen who have not been found and that the Police act with more than 300 uniformed officers from the anti-corruption axis who have not been found.
He insisted that policemen have not been removed, but that it is part of the rotation, and if there is talk of interference, it would also be causing an interference with internal administrative decisions of the National Police.
The Minister of the Interior stated that the Police will not stop supporting the Prosecutor’s Office and that the Police will not put the security of the Prosecutor Diana Salazar at risk. Nothing illegal has been done, it is within the norms and their decisions were made as established by the law that guarantees autonomy in the administrative field.
The minister insisted that there are 8,000 police officers in the investigative axis, and that on February 13 he will analyze the request of prosecutor Diana Salazar, but that he needs time to review and generate a response. The Police have the right to make their internal decisions, he reiterated. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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