Vulneración del principio constitucional de autonomía y descentralización administrativa ante una eventual supresión legal de las contralorías territoriales

Abstract

Due to a widespread phenomenon of administrative corruption, there is a tendency to question the suitability and effectiveness of municipal comptrollers, departmental or district authorities against their exercise of fiscal control over the public or private servants who manage the nation's funds. Without a thoughtful analysis of the matter, certain political sectors venture to propose the suppression of the territorial comptrollerships. There is no doubt that the elimination of these entities would result in a centralizing recollection of the Colombian State, issue that clearly violates constitutional principles of administrative decentralization, territorial autonomy, democracy and citizen participation. Regarding this research, it is asked ¿How can the suppression of territorial comptrollerships affect the principle of administrative autonomy of Departments-Municipalities or Districts? In the perspective of answering this question, the general objective of analyzing whether the suppression of territorial comptrollerships limits the scope of the administrative autonomy of municipalities, departments and districts is outlined.