Independent bench seeks Assembly nepotism  probe 

The independent bench of the National Assembly requested on Wednesday, July 6, for the National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (Antai) to carry out an inspection process to detect possible faults to the Code of Ethics, specifically nepotism.

They also asked him to investigate the central government spreadsheets. The deputies Gabriel Silva, Juan Diego Vásquez, Edison Broce, and Raúl Fernández based their request on the fact that Law 13 of 2013 empowers Antai to sanction officials who commit violations of the Code of Ethics.

They recalled that there are regulations that prohibit officials from engaging in acts of nepotism.

The request comes a day after a complaint was circulated indicating that deputy Adán Bejerano, who recently resigned from the independent caucus, allegedly had relatives named on the legislative payroll.