Contraloría - Dictamen N° 62402 2008

Contraloría ruled unlawful the creation of a new Gendarmería sub-directorate via exempt resolution, as structural changes require law and it infringed existing frameworks and departmental competencies, requiring regularization.

• Analysis of the legality of the creation of a new Subdirección Operativa by the Director Nacional of Gendarmería through an exempt resolution.
• The petitioner asserted that the newly created Subdirección Operativa Nacional was not contemplated by the organic law of Gendarmería, Decree Law N° 2859/79.
• Gendarmería argued that the resolution ordered the functioning of an operational unit, not its structural creation, invoking general powers granted by Article 6º, N° 7 of DL 2859/79.
• The Contraloría General affirmed that structural modifications of public services are a matter of law, requiring presidential initiative as per Article 65 N° 2 and Article 63 N° 14 of the Political Constitution.
• The organic law of Gendarmería (DL 2859/79) establishes its structure, including specific un...