the latter are headed by lntendentes who are the direct representative of the president of the republic in each of the regions councils consejos regionales cores supervise the lntendentes duties and approve the regional plan for urban development plan regional de desarrollo urbano prdu as well as the intercommunal or metropolitan master plan plan regulador intercomunal o metropolitano pri or prm as proposed by the seremis in addition communal master plans pmc need to be submitted to core s approval if they are not included in existing pri or prm