La elección de los contralores departamentales para el período 2016-2020: Un análisis prospectivo sobre el control fiscal y la paz territorial

Abstract

The General Auditor of the Republic (AGR) is the entity of the State responsible for monitoring the territorial comptrollers' offices. The territorial comptrollerships are, in turn, responsible for monitoring the application of the fiscal control norms in the governorates, districts and municipalities. AGR is responsible for control the comptrollers and thus influence quality of public spending in the territories. Within the framework of the peace that advances in Havana, and taking into account that in the next days the controllers will be elected for the period 2016-2018, it is convenient that said selection process occupies a privileged place in the local and national political process. The comptrollers will supervise the execution of some programs that require public resources at the local level in order to build a stable and lasting peace. If these officials were choose incorrectly, the construction of "territorial peace" you are at high risk of failure. The document draws attention on a problematic scenario for peace: one in which departmental and territorial comptrollers participate in the local corruption as a consequence of increased resources assigned for peacebuilding.