Executive Decree 008-2026
Congreso Nacional
- Decree: Ejecutivo-008-2026
- Published: February 26, 2026
- Issuing body: Congreso Nacional
- Gazette: 37,080
- Category: Administrative
Summary
This decree appoints a commission of three people to intervene and manage the National Teachers' Pension Institute (INPREMA) for one year. The commission assumes total control of the institution, takes over its functions, and must submit quarterly reports to the President to evaluate its performance and administration.
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, to issue agreements and decrees, and to issue regulations and resolutions in accordance with law, respectively.
Whereas Article 116 of the General Law of Public Administration establishes that acts of Public Administration shall adopt the form of Decrees, Agreements, Resolutions, and Orders, and Article 117 of the same legal body establishes that those acts shall be issued by Decree which, in accordance with law, are exclusive to the President of the Republic or must be issued in Council of State Secretaries.
Whereas in accordance with Article 98, as amended, of the General Law of Public Administration, the Executive Branch may intervene, totally or partially, all entities, organs, or units of Public Administration that operate at losses, do not fulfill their functions, or do not adequately provide the services for which they were created.
Whereas by means of Article 17 of EXECUTIVE DECREE NUMBER PCM-004-2026 dated February 24, 2026, the intervention of different entities, organs, or units of Public Administration was decreed, among them the National Teachers' Pension Institute (INPREMA), and it was established clearly and expressly that the Intervention Commissions shall be integrated through Executive Decrees of the President of the Republic, in which the terms of validity of the interventions shall be established and, in turn, the deadlines for submitting their reports, and they must comply for these purposes and all effects with the attributions contained in Articles 98, 99, 100, 101, and 102, as amended, and other applicable provisions of the General Law of Public Administration.
Articles
To appoint the Intervention Commission of the National Teachers' Social Security Institute (INPREMA), which shall be composed of the following citizens:
- 1)
NELSON ALONSO BENAVIDES AGUILAR as President Commissioner;
- 2)
LUIS JAVIER MENOCAL FUNES as Deputy Commissioner; and,
- 3)
JOSUÉ WILDER MALDONADO VELÁSQUEZ 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 Senior Management in its capacity as the highest authority of the National Teachers' Social Security Institute (INPREMA), and consequently, it shall possess all powers, principally with respect to administration, operations, functioning and all other matters that correspond to administrators, and shall exercise its legal representation through the President Commissioner. The decisions of the Intervention Commission of the National Teachers' Social Security Institute (INPREMA) shall be made by simple majority.
The Intervention Commission of the National Teachers' Social Security Institute (INPREMA) shall remain in office for a period of one (1) year, renewable, counted from the day following the date of this Executive Decree, and shall submit Quarterly Evaluation Reports to the President of the Republic.
The Intervention Commission of the National Teachers' Social Security Institute (INPREMA) shall comply, for these and all purposes, with the powers contained in Articles 98, 99, 100, 101, and 102, as amended, and other applicable provisions of the General Law of Public Administration.
This Executive Decree shall be executed immediately, and therefore shall enter 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-sixth (26) day of the month of February of the year two thousand twenty-six (2026). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. NASRY JUAN ASFURA ZABLAH President of the Republic JUAN CARLOS GARCÍA MEDINA Secretary of State in the Office of the Presidency
Related laws
- Resolution No. SOJD-IHSS-013-2026-VI — Update to the Regulations for the Management of Revolving Funds of the Honduran Institute of Social Security — This resolution updates the regulation that controls how IHSS manages rotating funds (emergency money). These funds can only be used for minor and urgent expenses on goods and services, never for large purchases or salaries. The law establishes controls to prevent misuse of public money and ensure it is spent correctly. (Decree SOJD-IHSS-013-2026-VI, 2026)
- Decreto Ejecutivo No. 008-2026 — Nombrar la Comisión Interventora del Instituto Nacional de Previsión del Magisterio (INPREMA) — This decree appoints an Oversight Commission of three people to manage INPREMA (the teachers' pension fund) for one year. The Commission takes full control of the institution, handles its administration, and must submit quarterly reports to the President. This happens because INPREMA was not operating properly. (Decree 008-2026, 2026)
- Decreto Ejecutivo No. PCM-008-2026 — Nombrar la Comisión Interventora del Instituto Nacional de Previsión del Magisterio (INPREMA) — The President appoints a commission of three people to lead and manage the National Teachers' Pension Institute (INPREMA) for one year. This commission has full authority to manage, operate, and legally represent the institute, and must submit quarterly performance reports to the President. (Decree PCM-008-2026, 2026)
- Resolution No. SOJD-IHSS-016-2026-XIII — Reform to the Special Regulation for the Application of Amnesty (Non-Payment of Surcharges, Fines and Interest), Purification and Accounting Cleanup of Uncollectible Accounts of the IHSS — This resolution reforms an IHSS regulation that implements two legislative decrees on fiscal amnesty. It allows delinquent businesses to pay only the principal debt, eliminating late fees, fines and interest if they comply within four months. It also authorizes the IHSS to remove from its records debts of closed companies or deceased persons properly documented, improving the institution's financial health. (Decree SOJD-IHSS-016-2026-XIII, 2026)
- Decreto Ejecutivo No. PCM-008-2026 — Aprobar Proyecto de Presupuesto General de Ingresos y Egresos Reformulado 2026 (Decree PCM-008-2026, 2026)