The Plenary of Congress was raised once more without exhausting the agenda of the extraordinary session this Thursday, June 19. The absence of the majority of congressmen suspended the session in which the representatives of the Congress would be chosen for the Superintendence of Competition.
The Superintendency must begin its operations on Monday, June 23, but the lack of agreements in Congress blocked its integration and, consequently, will not be able to initiate functions.
It is an autonomous and decentralized state entity, with its own legal personality, responsible for the defense and promotion of free competition, as well as the prevention, research and sanction of anti -competitive practices, with powers throughout the national territory, as detailed in article 27 of the Competition Law.
The plenary session, convened by The president of Congress, Nery Ramoshe did not find echo among the parliamentarians. It was only possible to advance with the reading of law initiatives for remission to different work commissions.
With the presence of 63 of the 160 deputies, as recorded on the electronic board of the Congress, it was impossible to continue with the agenda, which at the eighth point included the election of its two representatives for the Superintendence of Competition.
The president of the Congress said that, as parliamentary authorities, they fulfilled their responsibilities, highlighting that the election of the directors was part of the agenda of the session.
“Assuming the obligations established by the Law of the Legislative Agency, we have complied with making the call and the proposal within the agenda,” said Ramos.
The president of the Congress acknowledged that the dialogue processes continue To the search for agreements that, if achieved, will allow the election of the two members to the Superintendence of Competition.
So far it is unknown if there will be a new call to the Plenary of Congress to comply with the election of the two members of the Board of Directors.
Its integration
This new Superintendency will be made up of six directors: three holders and three substitutes, designated by three public institutions.
The President of the Republic, in the Council of Ministers, must choose a holder and a substitute, appointments of those who so far does not have an exact date.
The Plenary of the Congress must choose a holder and a substitute for a payroll of six candidates transferred by the Economy Commission. Currently, the Congress is in recess and the extraordinary session for the election was unsuccessful.
The Monetary Board, the third body in charge of appointing directors, is the only one that has fulfilled its obligation, by designating Edgar Rolando Guzmán Fuentes as a holder and Alfredo Skinner-Klée as a substitute.
This Superintendency will last six years and its members may be reelected once. The presidency will be for two years and rotatingly.
The first presidency will correspond to the holder appointed by the executive agency; The elected by Congress will follow him; and will end with the owner appointed by the Monetary Board.
📌 Monetary Board Choose Directors
The Monetary Board of @Banguat He chose Edgar Rolando Guzmán Fuentes as a supply and as a substitute Alfredo Skinner-Klée Sol for the Board of Competition Superintendence, period 2025-2027. #LeyDecompetencot
– Visible Guatemala (@guatevisible) June 19, 2025
The candidates
The Congress Economy Commission elaborated a process of evaluation of professionals aspiring to position, through procedures that allowed the integration of a payroll.
This legislative table included on the payroll the six best professionals, according to the criteria of the deputies that make up the Commission, and subsequently transferred the list to the parliamentary authorities, so that the final decision is taken by the Plenary of the Congress:
- JAVIER ENRIQUE BAUER HERBRUGER
- Jorge Alberto Santiago Chen Sam
- JUAN CARLOS RODIL QUINTANA
- Jorge Mario González Paz
- Edgar Rolando Yax Tezo
- José Ramiro Martínez Villatoro
They confirm payroll
The payroll of candidates proposed by the Congress Economy Commission It was not well received by some sectors, which considered that the evaluation and qualification of the applicants was not the most appropriate.
The Constitutional Court registered, on May 8, the presentation of an amparo action against said commission. The action was presented by the Law Institute by the competition.
The brief considers that it was necessary to evaluate and suspend the merit of experience in the public administration of the aspiring weighting table, which could have influenced the integration of the payroll that was referred to the plenary.
The file was known this Thursday by the Plenary of Magistrates of the Constitutional Court, which when evaluating the reports sent appropriate not to grant the provisional protection, thus maintaining the way in which the Economy Commission made the qualifications and, consequently, the election of the six candidates of which two will integrate the Superintendence of Competition.