Attorney General's Office cited verbal hearing to former mayors of three municipalities of the Atlantic for alleged breach of its obligations under the Code for Children and Adolescents

The Attorney General's Office cited a disciplinary hearing Messrs. Ujueta César Sanz, Rafael Fernandez and Carlos Adolfo Joaquin Roca Roa, former mayors of the municipalities of Repelon, Sabanagrande and Sabanalarga (Atlantic), respectively, because apparently in 2011 not cited in their municipalities all meetings of the Social Policy Council established by the Code for Children and Adolescents.

Events investigated

Article 207 of Law 1098 of 2006 stated that "In all departments, municipalities and districts must sit Social Policy Councils, chaired by the governor and the mayor, who may not delegate or participation or responsibility under penalty of in misconduct (...) "The same law states that councils should sit at least four times a year and must file periodic reports to the assemblies and councils.

In the municipal and departmental councils the above are part of public policy for children and adolescents, seeking full protection of this population.

According to a report by the Attorney Judicial II 5 Family Ottawa, for the term of 2011 the Social Policy Council Sabanalarga Township in session only one of the four times required by the current standard, while only sessioned Repelon and Sabanagrande twice. None of these municipalities are aware of that have been paid quarterly periodic reports under the same Act and Directive 002 of 14 March 2011 issued by the Attorney General's Office.

In all three cases the fault is provisionally qualifies as serious because of the essential and fundamental nature of the service, made with very serious fault by neglect or gross violation of elementary rules binding.

Measures of verbal disciplinary hearing will be held at the premises of the Provincial Prosecutor of Barranquilla, located in the race 44 # 38-11 piso 6, Banco Popular building in that city, on the following dates:

Carlos Adolfo Roa Rock: Thursday May 24 at 8:30 am
Cesar Sanz Ujueta: Thursday May 24 at 2:30 pm
Joaquin Rafael Fernandez: Wednesday May 30 at 8:30 am