This article is focused on a critical analysis about the Statutory Law 996 of 2005 concerning the restrictions imposed on direct contracting in Colombia, for which it will be assessed the government contracting process and its particularities; as well, it will be evaluated the electoral guarantees given in Colombia and the main elements of its Electoral law, along with an analysis to the Electronic System for Government Contracting (SECOP for its acronym in Spanish) used at the municipalities of Leticia, Medellin, Bucaramanga, Barranquilla and Florencia comparing the contracting processes concluded during the period prevenient to the imposed restriction, i.e., from the 25 of November of 2013 until the 24 of January of 2014, with the purpose to established a critical position regarding the Guarantees Act. The results obtained show that the Guarantees Act is an ineffective mechanism to avoid corruption in the government contracting.