Maytín is seeking details of the scandal in the Meduca

The director of the National Authority of Transparency and Access to Information (Antai), Angelica Maytín, will meet with the head of the Ministry of Education (Meduca), Marcela Paredes, to see the issue of scandal purchases of goods by the entity.

Sources close to the case explained that the meeting between the two officials hierarchy will develop in the Meduca, at 11:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, the director of the National Anti-Corruption Front, Enrique "Chito" Montenegro said that both Antai as the Attorney General, the Comptroller General's Office and the Office of Auditors should investigate these irregularities.

"All acts which have largely vices of illegality or doubt the certainty it should be investigated," he said.

He said corruption or attempts must not go unpunished.

Montenegro said that reading about the scandal, thought the minister Paredes was a careful person, however, are being closely spaced, corruption denouncing the Association of Teachers and Suntracs.

"We have to investigate everything, because that can not be so, because they are making the same vices of the past," he stressed.

He said the figure of Allan Figueroa in Eduholding and Smart Fortune companies seem to indicate that there is a possible influence peddling towards certain people.

The press office Meduca in the afternoon yesterday, no one answered the phone or did not respond to the questionnaire sent by email.

The scandal is related to the purchase of goods by the company Eduholding and Smart Fortuner, allegedly linked to Figueroa, a household name in the Meduca.

Eduholding alert caused the Comptroller in October, with the millionaire sale of chairs for Meduca, a fact that was recognized by the Minister in an interview Paredes not delve much into the subject.

Meanwhile, the Comptroller Federico Humbert  found that the catalog that used the Meduca to buy chairs Eduholding prices had "inflated".

The team conducted an assessment Comptroller in October and found that the purchase prices, authorized by the Minister Marcela Paredes, did not conform to market prices, and did not approve the endorsement of the contract.

According to the appraisal, each chair Eduholding sold at $ 89, had a market price between 45 and 53 dollars.

To the objection Humbert, Paredes negotiated Eduholding and the company adjusted the price with the assessment of the Comptroller.

However, Meduca had already made another purchase seats to the sister company of Eduholding, Smart Fortuner, which also had to reduce its price.

Meduca sources explained that much of the chairs are damaged in warehouses of various campuses.

For his part, the president and former leader of the construction former candidate, Genaro López said that the authorities should independently investigate if they are members of the ruling party officials .

He said that if found irregularities in summary , still apply appropriate sanctions for those involved .

" What we want is to have greater transparency in these purchases are made ," noted Lopez.

When questioned about the promise in the political campaign of President Juan Carlos Varela on this type of situation would not be repeated , the union explained that during the campaigns , candidates promise many things, but when they come to power not met.