Electoral Control: Attorney General's Office Launches Plan to Monitor Public Servants' Conduct
Seat of the Attorney General's Office. Photo: Rodolfo González/El Tiempo
TL;DR
- The Attorney General's Office is implementing a new strategy to prevent public servants from undue political participation.
- The initiative aims to reinforce institutional controls during the electoral calendar to ensure transparency and state impartiality.
- The plan includes awareness campaigns for public servants at all levels, with a focus on those in administrative roles or with influence.
- Directives will clarify which conduct constitutes disciplinary offenses to reduce normative ambiguity.
- Prohibited actions include using public resources for campaigns or pressuring subordinates.
- The strategy emphasizes that ignorance of the rules does not exempt from disciplinary responsibility.
- The Attorney General's Office will combine educational actions with disciplinary control during the electoral period.