“We seek to evaluate them and not remove them to bring in more people,” says IPS president

Asuncion, IP.- The president of the Social Security Institute (IPS), Benigno López, said that the evaluations of contracted officials are intended to evaluate them and not to remove them to hire more people.

López met with some unions on Friday so that they themselves could form part of the evaluation committee, and even so that the Civil Service itself could participate in said evaluation. “All of this generates transparency and credibility that in the end will give you better management,” he said.

He clarified that “there is no hidden agenda here, there is nothing hidden, there is nothing strange, it is a simple evaluation process to see if they are really okay where they are and if not, to redistribute, for example, the white-collar personnel needed in the IPS.”

He also pointed out that “the intention is not to remove people in order to bring in others, and if they have to come in, they should bring in new competent people if necessary and it should be within a normal and transparent process.”

He said that those who have fulfilled their obligations have nothing to fear, adding that “it is the responsibility of every administrator to evaluate,”

Regarding the creation of new positions in the Board of Directors, he mentioned that the directors “are as responsible as I am for the decisions that are made, so they have a structure that was not in line with the functions they have, the structure was already created by the board two years ago, what we did was update and create five positions that will be filled by the cabinet heads, they will analyze and help improve the decision, which will allow for better administration.

He clarified that a new structure was not created, but rather it was done based on what was already approved and that there were not 90 new positions.