The dispute in the National Assembly over the election of the Ombudsman continues. Four deputies from the Government Committee, including its president, Luis Eduardo Camacho, are promoting a minority report for the plenary to consider all 33 candidates for the position. This document arises as an alternative to the majority report, which recommends a list of seven candidates. The final decision will rest with the 71 deputies, who must choose between the two opposing positions on the selection mechanism. Minutes before the Legislature began the election process, the current Ombudsman, Eduardo Leblanc, withdrew his candidacy for re-election. The day began with the reading of the majority report, which recommends that the plenary choose the next Ombudsman from the following candidates: Joel Alexis De León Quintero, Rodrigo Alberto García Rodríguez, Joyce Janette Araujo Lasso, Venicia Clementina Chang Monterrey, José Antonio Collado Valencia, Meiky Luz Quintero Hernández, and Alexander Rojas Figueroa. This document was pushed by Roberto Zúñiga, Janine Prado, and Luis Duke from Vamos; José Pérez Barboni from the Other Way Movement (Moca), and Raphael Buchanan from the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD). Afterwards, the reading of the minority report began. Camacho served as the rapporteur for the minority report, defending his position with the same arguments he presented last Monday in the Government Committee.
