The process to appoint the new authority of the Attorney General's Office remains in a preliminary phase, with no concrete progress since Diana Salazar left the position on April 8. The Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) only convened its members this week to form the technical team responsible for organizing the public contest.
Although the regulations for this process have been in effect since October 2024, no official call has been initiated to select the citizen commission in charge of the contest. This delay coincides with the reelection of Andrés Fantoni as president of the CPCCS, who promised to expedite at least seven pending processes during his second term.
To choose the new attorney general, a citizen selection commission composed of five citizen delegates and five from the State must first be formed. This process, according to the regulations, can take between four and five months, provided there are no legal or administrative obstacles.
Once this commission is formed, the public contest of merits, opposition, and citizen challenge will be opened. This additional procedure can take between seven and eight months, so the Attorney General's Office could remain under an interim figure for almost a year, generating institutional uncertainty.
