The inconformaties may expose why deputies are reluctant to hand over civil records to Renap.
Marie, Guatadopt.com
Link: http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/septiembre/18/264222.html
By Jessica Osorio
Some 70 mayors left yesterday with the promise of Congress to seek consensus with the heads of bloquess, directors and deputies, because of resistance from the elected representatives to deliver the civilian records to Renap.
A new appointment is cited for next Monday. The agreement brought an end to the roadblocks that kept the inconformaties yesterday in different parts of the country.
After six hours of negotiations, mayors of Huehuetanango, Quiche, Sololá, Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Totonicapán and Solola, some of Sacatepéquez and El Progreso, explained that civil registration are the lifeblood of municipalities, and that the National Registry of Persons (Renap) want to remove it.
Since the September 30 deadline for which such records are handed over, heads of communities asked to authorize an extension. "It's a violation of municipal autonomy", stressed officials, who threatened to take over the city if their demands are not addressed.
The mood was heated when the deputy Mario Taracena described the subversive attitudes of mayors and asserted that with the withdrawal of civil registries they were finishing the business flow and elections.
Otero Chunuy, mayor of Santa Maria de Jesus, Sacatepéquez, explained that they must respect the municipal autonomy and that if there were irregularities in voting, also that is how they were elected as deputies.
UPDATE:
Congress continues to talk to these mayors who refuse to hand over the civil registries to RENAP which by law they have to and roads continue to be barricaded to these areas.
A meeting has been scheduled for September 29 and the military has been put on notice.
Unfortunately, please expect delays due this crisis in the affected areas.
Can Someone please offer an explanation as to how this pertains to us waiting for BC from these areas? I really do not understand this article.
Posted by: Jimmy at September 18, 2008 09:17 AMThis seems very confusing to me .
Can someone please translate in a simple way I can understand ???
Thanks !
Mom waiting for more than 3 LONG years now !
Is this why it is taking so long for BC's?
Posted by: Tina at September 18, 2008 12:19 PMI'm not sure if I truly understand what happened here. Are the mayor's still going to be able to hold onto their records and not share them with renap?? If renap does not release cases to go back to the municipalities to get the bc's, then aren't those of us waiting for a bc stuck somewhere in the middle??? This is a little confusing!Please confirm.
Posted by: Kelly at September 18, 2008 01:42 PMWhat does this mean?
Posted by: michelle at September 18, 2008 10:15 PMWhat is this... and yes please tell us what it means...is this another delay?? Waiting 2+ years for my daughter..............
Posted by: tina at September 19, 2008 03:41 PMDoes anyone know if Decolores Adoptions in Lake Charles, LA is still operational? I have not been able to contact them since Hurricane Ike. God bless you all.
Sharon - waiting since 11/06
What this means is that mayors do not want the system to change. Civil registry is one of the principal sources of funds for municipalities, and by handing the task over to RENAP, they will lose that source of revenue so they are appealing to Congress about it.
Posted by: Mariale at September 22, 2008 01:53 AMYes, I just spoke with them on Wednesday Sept. 17, 2008
Keep trying they are most likely busy.
Does anyone know where to find a list of the 70 towns that are refusing to join RENAP? I have a sinking feeling that my daughter's town, Momostenango, is one of them, but I don't know for sure. I am beyond devastated. I have been fostering for almost a year, and we are finally about to exit PGN after going in on November 14 of last year. I cannot believe we might not be able to get a BC now!
Posted by: kat at September 24, 2008 11:14 AM