Planning Director cautioned Cúcuta (Norte de Santander) for not responding promptly to the Attorney General's Office

The Attorney General's Office sanctioned by written warning, with copies to the resume, Joseph Edgar Caicedo Fonseca, in his capacity as director (e) the Planning Department of the Municipal Mayor of Cucuta (Norte de Santander), by not meet the requirements made to know the action taken on the request submitted by rights of citizenship.

With his conduct impeded the official mission of the Agency, failing in its duty to provide information to the control entity, although in these offices are warned legal duty to respond to requests respectful of individuals, judicial authorities and entities Control.

Disciplinary research is rooted in citizen complaints against the rights not timely request directed to the municipal planning agency. To check the status of such prosecution, the attorney requested in writing on eight occasions between July 5, 2011 and September 14 of that year, the officer without any kind of response which was advanced verbal disciplinary process.

In the process, the staff provided evidence of the answer to citizens, which was taken as a mitigating factor when classifying the severity of the offense, but was sanctioned by considering that there was carelessness in the internal management was given attention to applications located there, especially by not giving importance to the requirements of the Agency.

The Attorney General found that the heads of public administration through the delegation can not completely detached from the functions delegated to subordinates, support that according to Article 10 of Law 489/98 is the duty of delegating "inquire into all time on the development of the delegations that have been granted and provide general guidance on the exercise of the delegated functions "

He did not appear at the hearing verbal ruling in which it announced the decision at first instance sanction for misdemeanor, committed by way of negligence, so the final decision was declared under Article 106 of the Act 734.