Cuenca Acting Mayor Requests Resignations From Municipal Directors

Cuenca’s acting mayor, Marisol Penaloza, has requested resignations from senior municipal officials as part of an evaluation of the municipal corporation’s leadership team.

The memo set 5:00 PM on July 3 as the deadline to submit resignations. It also says the request does not mean automatic acceptance or immediate removal from office. Any departure or change still has to be formalized through the corresponding administrative act.

Who Is Included

The request covers general coordinators, general directors, managers of municipal public companies and attached entities, and senior hierarchical officials.

The areas listed include planning, mobility, public works, control, security, environment, social development, finance, human talent, public procurement, and technology.

Why This Matters Locally

This comes after Penaloza accepted the irrevocable resignation of EMAC manager Maria Caridad Vazquez and requested the required separation process, including an end-of-management asset declaration and a detailed report on her administration.

That resignation happened amid controversy over outsourced cleaning workers and the debate over direct hiring of the city’s street-cleaning workers. Vazquez’s resignation letter warned that directly hiring 610 workers would affect EMAC’s financial sustainability.

For residents, the practical issue is continuity. When leadership changes across mobility, works, security, environment, and public-company management, service delivery and pending projects can move differently very quickly.