Consuelo Porras does not rule out meeting with President Bernardo Arévalo

2024-02-08 00:34:00

Consuelo Porras, attorney general, assured that He will meet with President Bernardo Arévalo as many times as necessary to address coordination issues. The statements come a week after Porras Argueta did not attend an invitation from the president at the Presidential House.

It’s news. “I want to state that, if there were 11, 15 or 100 meetings, I believe that the coordination of the Public Ministry (MP) with any State authority was important. In this sense, it will not be the exception, because the coordination meetings that are needed will be held with the current president,” said Porras Argueta.

• The statements were made during a press conference at the facilities of the Public Ministry (MP), after the meeting between authorities of the Ministry of the Interior and the work team of the attorney general.
• He explained that during the meeting they analyzed issues of inter-institutional coordination to strengthen efforts and respond to citizen demands in a timely manner. To this end, they signed several agreements, including periodic meetings with Executive staff with whom they have agreements and with the Vice Minister of Crime Prevention. Violence.
• “The efforts of the Public Ministry’s overwhelming results are due to the close coordination that has always been had with that institution and now is no exception,” he added.

Whats Next. Porras Argueta explained that the next meeting was scheduled for February 21 at 9:00 a.m. to evaluate the progress of all the agreements established this Wednesday, February 7 at the MP facilities. The activity will take place at the facilities of the Ministry of the Interior.

• They committed to making efforts to work on a single justice computer system, train agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) on issues of the justice system, standardize the data of complaints and transfer progress of the protocol of the Comprehensive Center of the l Normoactiva in Guatemala a, to advance the project.
• In addition, he clarified that the meetings he held with the two previous former presidents (Jimmy Morales and Alejandro Giammattei) are related to the National Council for Administration of Assets in Extinction of Domain (CONABED), specifically with Guillermo Castillo, former vice president and two of them were invited by the former presidents when she was running for the position of MP.
• He added that the meetings were also to study the issue of unfinished works and anti-corruption issues. He ruled out any friction with the new authorities and that his job is to “serve the people in the best way.”

Voices. “Tell you that the MP always has its doors open and is available to coordinate efforts with all the entities that make up the State institutions. The real problems of Guatemala are State issues, we have many models of care for victims of crime with all branches of the Executive therefore I will continue coordinating actions for the benefit of the people of Guatemala,” emphasized Consuelo Porras.

Meanwhile, Francisco Jiménez, Minister of the Interior, declared that the objective of the meeting was to coordinate the inter-institutional relationship with the MP.

Regional Prosecutors of National Coordination and Regional Prosecutors from regions IV, V, VI South, VII Central West, VIII West and IX Petén also participate in the MP. Likewise, Secretaries, Undersecretaries, Directors, as well as Heads of Administrative Units. pic.twitter.com/JxQZeKBf54

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