The mayor of San Miguelito, Irma Hernández, announced she will take the case to the Supreme Court with a lawsuit for annulment against a resolution from the Urban and Domestic Cleaning Authority (AAUD). She asserts that resolution AAUD No. 001, issued on January 13th, is illegal and violates Law 51 of 2010, which regulates the authority's functions. The mayor explained that Article 11 of this law is clear: when decisions are made about the operation and exploitation of cleaning services in a district, the mayor of that district has the right to participate. “We were not invited, there was no coordination or any call,” she stated. San Miguelito, the mayor says, was left out of decisions that directly affect the district. For this reason, she assured that this is only one of the legal resources they will present. In the afternoon, they will also file a protection of guarantees, alleging violations of municipal autonomy and Law 276, which regulates waste management. The mayor called this a political attack. She claims a plan was set aside that not only sought to collect garbage but to implement a comprehensive, environmentally sustainable waste management system designed for San Miguelito's reality. “That agreement does not exist. There has been no meeting, no document, no coordination of any kind,” she said. According to the mayor, the planning that the municipal administration had been working on for over 18 months has also not been respected. Following her complaint, she assured she has received no formal approach from either the AAUD or the Central Government. Neither the mayor's office nor the City Council have been called to talk. The mayor questioned whether the Cleaning Authority can guarantee an efficient service in San Miguelito when, as she said, it has not even managed to cover the Capital District as promised. For Hernández, what is happening has a political background.
