We expect it in 2024. The actions of the State Attorney’s Office against the combination of “narco power” and political sectors with control in the areas of public authority have earned the recognition of citizens.

The precedent established by the state prosecutor, Diana Salazar, of not being intimidated by the brazenness of threats of prosecution in Ecuador and abroad – and despite other maneuvers – is to be applauded.

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The compensation of the National Assembly in favor of the “correato”, it seems that as a “consolation prize”, was not the rejection of the inappropriate request of Judge Rivera of the National Court of Justice, that the National Assembly process the approval of the trial of the former Vice President Jorge Glas for the illegal use of resources allocated to the reconstruction of Manabí due to the earthquake 2016, because approval is required only if – at the time of the prosecution – the accused is on duty, which confers the privilege, not if he is no longer on duty, which is precedent in Ecuador.

I do not believe that Diana Salazar consents to the legal and ethical violations of Judge Rivera or to the maneuvers produced in the National Assembly.

On the other hand, there is no place where it is evident that what is declared is not true.

One is the declaration of assets, which is mandatory by law. A few days ago, those of the members of the assembly were published. With some exceptions, reading them, one might think that there are those who declare less than what they have, but also the opposite, that there are those who declare assets that they cannot justify. It would also be important to report and justify the assets that are used or available to the applicant and his family environment, even when they do not appear to be the property of the applicant, stating that this links them to such assets that allow them to use or dispose of them.

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Asset statements must be aligned with income information. Checking what appears on asset statements is key.

Credits and liabilities must be verified, even if they cannot be paid. There are many omissions due to lack of information. In IESS (Ecuadorian Institute for Social Security) and other entities, due to clarification of the system and problems with processing, in December 2023, obligations for June 2023 have not yet been processed or recorded.

I have no reason to doubt that the justification is not true, but in the end it is incorrect information about the balance sheet.

And online processes involve other deceptions as well. “There are no more personal appointments, only computer appointments, by platform, so that there are no privileged ones”, but it is impossible to connect online. These deceptions, with a hint of mockery, are unacceptable.

Such as deceptive public procurement processes that do not produce results. For example, the procurement of prostheses in IESS, the months that amputees and others who need prostheses wait.

I agree, reader, that for all those who need attention, the best gift would be to provide it in a timely and efficient manner. Let it go beyond the practice of pure storytelling. (OR)