Within the framework of the public policies of institutional quality and transparency carried out by the administration of Mayor Enrique Cresto, the Municipality of Concordia will hold a competitive selection process for the positions of Accountant and Treasurer, as established by decree this morning by the Municipal Executive.
The decision responds to the need to fill the vacancies generated in these positions due to their incumbents having retired, with said decree specifying that “it is the public policy of this administration that positions be filled through a competitive process, even while having the power of direct appointment; therefore, in order to promote the immediate regularization of the filling of positions with qualified professionals in the field, it is understood that the entry mechanism through competitive processes must be continued in accordance with a set of general Terms and Conditions”.
In the grounds for this resolution, it is also mentioned that under Cresto's administration “minimum requirements were determined to access the public administration, defining as central axes the mandatory nature of entry through public competitive processes in certain areas, possessing a complete secondary school diploma, having no criminal and/or judicial records, and demonstrating qualification and suitability for the functions to be performed, all accompanied by specific training for the positions to be filled”.
It is also indicated that “there is currently professional and qualified personnel in the permanent staff of this Municipality to fill these positions”, consequently proposing the possibility of calling for an internal competitive process supervised by a commission composed of representatives of the Secretariat of Government and Treasury, the Court of Accounts, trade union organizations, and different municipal departments involved in purchasing, bidding, and contracting processes, etc.
In conclusion, having the power to directly appoint the professional(s) who could hold these positions, the Mayor excludes himself from this decision, promoting that said designation be made through a competitive process, ratifying the hallmark of transparency and quality of public employment that marked this administration during the 8 years of Cresto's administration.