Las funciones de contraloría : ¿garantía constitucional o herramienta de persecución?.

Abstract

The Contraloría General del Estado is the supervisory and state oversight, is the mechanism that the State has, regarding the actions or omissions of public servants, by virtue of the powers provided by our legal system. The Contraloría may determine administrative, civil liability or indications of criminal liability against public officials or officials who work in private law institutions and manage public resources. One of the main objectives of the Contraloría is that public servants act in accordance with the law and do not commit arbitrariness or manipulate public resources at will. In spite of this, it is important that in the processes of predetermination and determination of responsibilities, the Contraloría acts within the term established by the Ley Orgánica de Contraloría General del Estado and its regulations, since, if they do not do it, not only they would be violating constitutional rights of the administrated, also that the Contraloría would act without powers and faculties, which would result in a null and illegal resolution, which the administrated impugn, and in the end the work done by the Contraloría does not take effect. Therefore, I propose a reform of articles 26 and 56 of the Ley Orgánica de Contraloría General del Estado, to establish a prudent term in which the Contraloría can act, without the need to violate constitutional rights.