Decree 009-2026
Poder Ejecutivo
- Decree: 009-2026
- Published: April 9, 2026
- Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
- Gazette: 37,113
- Category: Administrative
Summary
This decree appoints a commission of five people to temporarily intervene and direct (for 6 months) several public institutions including SANAA, SENACITI, IHADFA, EDUCRÉDITO, and the ENEE's PNRP program. The commission takes full control of these entities, makes decisions by simple majority, and must report monthly to the President on their management.
Considerations
Whereas Article 235 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes that the President of the Republic exercises the authority of the Executive Branch in representation and for the benefit of the people.
Whereas in accordance with Numerals 2 and 11 of Article 245 of the Constitution of the Republic, it is an Attribution of the President of the Republic to direct the general policy of the State and represent it, issue agreements and decrees, and issue regulations and resolutions in accordance with the law, respectively.
Whereas Article 116 of the General Law of Public Administration establishes that acts of the Public Administration shall adopt the form of Decrees, Agreements, Resolutions, and Measures; and Article 117 of the same legal body establishes that Decrees shall be issued for acts that in accordance with the Law are exclusive to the President of the Republic or must be issued by the Council of State Secretaries.
Whereas in accordance with Article 98, as reformed, of the General Law of Public Administration, the Executive Branch may intervene, wholly or partially, in all entities, organs, or units of the Public Administration.
Whereas by means of Article 17 of EXECUTIVE DECREE NUMBER PCM-004-2026 dated February 24, 2026, published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta" on February 25, 2026, the intervention of different entities, organs, or units of the Public Administration was decreed, including the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewerage (SANAA), the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Honduran Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACITI/HCIETI), the Honduran Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Pharmacological Dependency (IHADFA), the Educational Credit Institute (EDUCRÉDITO), and the National Program for the Reduction of Losses (PNRP) of the National Electric Power Company (ENEE), and it was clearly and expressly established that the Intervention Commission shall be integrated by means of an Executive Decree of the President of the Republic, in which the periods of validity of the interventions shall be established and, in turn, the periods for submitting their reports, and must comply for those and all effects with the attributions contained in Articles 98, 99, 100, 101, and 102 as reformed and other applicable provisions of the General Law of Public Administration.
Articles
To appoint the Intervention Commission of the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewerage (SANAA), the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation; and, the Honduran Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACITI/HCIETI), the Honduran Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Pharmacodependence (IHADFA), the Educational Credit Institute (EDUCRÉDITO); and, the National Program for the Reduction of Losses (PNRP) of the National Electric Power Company (ENEE), which shall be composed of the following citizens:
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JUAN CARLOS BOJÓRQUEZ GUTIÉRREZ, as Commissioner President;
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ARMANDO ARNULFO MENCÍA DOMÍNGUEZ, as Deputy Commissioner;
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CARLOS DAVID VENEGAS LEIVA, as Deputy Commissioner;
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ROBERT ORLANDO RODRÍGUEZ ARGUIJO, as Deputy Commissioner; and,
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OSCAR JAVIER CÓRDOVA GUEVARA, as Deputy Commissioner. All Commissioners are subject to free appointment and removal by the President of the Republic.
As of the date of this Executive Decree, the Intervention Commission shall be in charge of the Upper Management in its capacity as the highest authority of the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewerage (SANAA), the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation; and, the Honduran Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACIT/IHCIETI), the Honduran Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Pharmacodependence (IHADFA), the Educational Credit Institute (EDUCREDITO); and, the National Program for the Reduction of Losses (PNRP) of the National Electric Power Company (ENEE), and consequently, shall have all the powers mainly with respect to administration, operations, functioning and others corresponding to the administrators of these entities, organs or units of the intervened Public Administration, and exercising their legal representation through the Commissioner President. The decisions of the Intervention Commission shall be made by simple majority.
The Intervention Commission may establish by means of a Session Minutes prepared for such purpose, among other matters that may correspond and/or be deemed pertinent and/or necessary, its internal structure and distribution of positions, its functioning guidelines, its programming and activity scheduling, as well as the delegations and specific powers to one or more of its members so that they may distribute themselves and appear, jointly or separately, before the offices of the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewerage (SANAA), the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation; and, the Honduran Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACIT/IHCIETI), the Honduran Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Pharmacodependence (IHADFA), the Educational Credit Institute (EDUCREDITO); and, the National Program for the Reduction of Losses (PNRP) of the National Electric Power Company (ENEE), in order to begin immediately, effectively and forcefully with the corresponding intervention processes, and being empowered throughout the entire process to delegate one or more functions and to request actions or management derived from the process, to personnel related to or dependent upon the entities, organs or units of the intervened Public Administration in order to guarantee, in all cases and circumstances, the effective execution and strict compliance with all contained in and/or derived from this Executive Decree.
The Secretariat of State in the Office of the Presidency shall assist and accompany in all that is necessary and shall permanently evaluate the functioning of the Intervention Commission, requesting the corresponding reports from them, in addition to, where applicable, pointing out to them corrections, improvements and approving changes that correspond for the strict compliance with their responsibilities.
The Intervention Commission shall remain in office for a period of up to six (6) months, counted from the day following the date of this Executive Decree and shall submit monthly Evaluation Reports to the President of the Republic through the Secretariat of State in the Office of the Presidency.
The Intervention Commission in general shall comply for all these purposes with the powers contained in Articles 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102, as reformed and other applicable provisions of the General Law of Public Administration.
This Executive Decree is for immediate execution, therefore it enters into force as of its date and shall be published in "La Gaceta", Official Gazette of the Republic of Honduras. Given at the Presidential House, in the City of Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-fifth (25) day of the month of March of the year two thousand twenty-six (2026). BE IT COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. NASRY JUAN ASFURA ZABLAH President of the Republic JUAN CARLOS GARCÍA MEDINA Secretary of State in the Office of the Presidency Secretariat of State in the Offices of Infrastructure and Transport SIT CERTIFICATION The undersigned, General Secretary of the Secretariat of State in the Offices of Infrastructure and Transport (SIT), in use of the powers conferred upon him by Law as notary, CERTIFIES: The Resolution dated the fifth (05) day of March of the year two thousand twenty-six (2026), which appears in folios 79 through 82, in Administrative File No. 017-2026, which literally states: "SECRETARIAT OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT (SIT). Comayagüela, Municipality of the Central District, on the fifth day of the month of March of the year two thousand twenty-six. CONSIDERING: To issue a Resolution in the proceedings contained in Administrative File No. 017-2026, consisting of: A REQUEST IS MADE FOR THE ADOPTION AS A RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT CONTAINED IN THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE INCREASE IN AIRPORT SERVICE RATES PROVIDED FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX (2026), AUTHORIZED UNDER OFFICE NUMBER SIT-DSE-0087-2026 AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED IN LEGISLATIVE DECREE NUMBER 71-2016 CONTAINING THE CONCESSION CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FINANCING, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF PALMEROLA OF THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS."
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