The Attorney General of the Administration, Grettel Villalaz de Allen, substantiated in the first debate of the National Assembly's Government Commission the main reasons for trying to separate the Organic Statute of the Attorney General of the Administration and the administrative procedure, contemplated in Book 1 and Book 2, respectively. This is a viable initiative approved in its first debate, said the presiding deputy, Luis Eduardo Camacho.
Bill 496, which approves the Organic Statute of the Attorney General of the Administration and repeals Book I of Law 38 of July 31, 2000, and Law 49, which regulates the General Administrative Procedure and supersedes provisions of Book II of Law 38 of July 31, 2000, were first taken to a subcommittee and consists of 169 articles, Camacho expressed, adding that it is a good proposal that can be amended if necessary in the second debate.
This is closely related to an article dealing with anonymous complaints, on which there are disagreements of opinion. "These are two important laws that seek to modernize, expedite, and purge bad administrative practices of the Panamanian state," Camacho indicated, adding that one project has to do with the structure of the Administration itself and the other with the regulatory framework of administrative procedures.
While Attorney General Villalaz maintains that it is vital to separate them, as they are linked and today there are advances in methodology, technology, and notifications. "It has been 26 years of experience with this, and the system needs to be renewed," she said, adding regarding anonymous complaints, they are expected to be administrative and not of another kind.
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