On Paper, Laverde Has the Votes to Be a Comptroller.
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The Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously elect the candidate close to the Liberal Party, who served for the past few years as secretary of the Sixth Senate Committee
In a letter, the five government parties announced their support to Jorge Laverde for the Comptroller’s office. They are the Democratic, Liberal, Conservative, U and Radical Change Center, which total 155 members of Congress. With those votes, Laverde has the votes to be the next Congressional Comptroller. “His leadership, professional solvency and institutional vision constitute a guarantee to exercise independently, transparently and rigorousl…
On Wednesday, August 12, the Congress of the Republic elected Jorge Eliécer Laverde as the new general Comptroller of the Republic. The official obtained 269 votes during the election held by the plenary Congress. Laverde came to the vote with the support previously announced by sectors of the Democratic Center, the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the U Party and Radical Change. Nine other candidates participated in the process to the bod…
He is a lawyer at the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia and a PhD in Law from Universidad Católica de Colombia. He holds a master's degree in territorial government and public management from Universidad Javeriana.
With 95 votes from the Senate and 174 from the House, Jorge Eliécer Laverde Vargas was elected on Wednesday, August 12, as the general Comptroller of the Republic for the period 2026-2030. The appointment was supported by the Democratic Center, the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the U Party and Radical Change. Those collectivities had announced their support before the session. The outgoing Comptroller, Carlos Hernán Rodríguez, and the o…
Jorge Eliécer Laverde would be the new general Comptroller of Colombia. Photo: Senate. The election of the new general Comptroller of the Republic, scheduled for this Wednesday, August 12, would be only a procedure, because there would already be a resounding winner. It is Jorge Eliécer Laverde, who received the support of the benches of the Democratic Center, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, U, Radical Change and Historical Pact, communities …
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