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The module of the Ombudsman in Tarapoto urged the municipal authorities who are about to leave their positions not to neglect the work that is their responsibility in matters of citizen security regardless of that there are only a few weeks left for the end of their negotiations. The request was made after it was warned that six district municipalities have not yet complied with presenting their proposals for citizen security action plans for next year despite the fact that the deadline to do so expired four months ago.Indeed according to the directive approved last May by the General Directorate for Citizen Security of the Ministry of the Interior the district committees for citizen security Codisec had until August 5 to present their proposals for action plans to in 2023 before their respective provincial instances. This task should fall to the district municipalities in their capacity as entities that act as technical secretariats in each Codisec.Despite this according to a recent report by the San Martn Regional Citizen Security Committee Coresec a total of six district municipalities have not yet fulfilled this function which could affect the work to combat crime in this area. country area.This situation was corroborated by the Tarapoto ombudsman office which reported that the municipalities that have not yet submitted their proposed plans against citizen insecurity are those of Shapaja and Chipurana in the province of San Martn as well as the communes of Alonso de Alvarado and Shanao in Lamas. Also on the list are the municipalities of Shamboyacu in the province of Picota and Bajo Biavo in Bellavista.For the coordinator of the Defensorial Module of Tarapoto Katheryne Chamoly this situation is worrying due to the proximity of the end of the year which could mean that the elected authorities that start their functions from January 1 do not have an approved program of activities together in which the actions that must be developed to fight against the different forms of crime are specified. Also that the budget allocated to each activity is not available as no measure has been foreseen.The representative of the Ombudsmans Office also specified that the situation is even more critical if one takes into account that only in the province of San Martn crimes against property are the most prevalent with more than 200 complaints between the months January and October of this year according to the latest report from the San Martn Police Region.On the other hand Chamoly affirmed that the field of citizen security is a matter of interest for the institution as it involves a series of rights such as life integrity liberty property and the free movement of people. In this sense the supervisory work of the Ombudsmans Office is mainly oriented towards the fulfillment of functions and commitments that are assumed by the institutions that make up the different instances of the National Citizen Security System so that the fight against citizen insecurity is perceived as a fundamental task of the State he stressed.
