Minister could be investigated for possible influence peddling

The National Front Against Corruption has asked Angelica Maytín, director of the National Authority of Transparency and Access to Information (Antai), to investigate a possible influence peddling by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Dulcidio De La Guardia.

The petition arises from the granting of a lease agreement between the minister, on behalf of the MEF, and Walid Saadeddine Omais, representing Investment Eiffel Tower, for renting premises of 6294.43 m2 located in the PH Republic, corner Street Paraguay and Vía Calle 51 in Spain.

The contract is for an amount of $ 3,386,377.17 to locate the offices of the Department of State Property, Regional Planning, Section Dayf, International Technical Cooperation and Management Division Project Management MEF, according to the presented made by National Front Against Corruption .

According to Enrique Montenegro, who heads the Anti-Corruption Front, which calls attention is being paid almost $ 36 per square meter when it is understood that the government only pays up to $ 15, including air conditioning and telephone.

Montenegro explained in his letter to the Antai that should investigate the possible influence peddling between De La Guardia and the law firm Morgan & Morgan, a law firm in which the minister worked, according to the note, and kept its offices PH in the Republic for many years.

For Montenegro, the Government has a "lot" of land and old buildings that could be remodeled with three million lease.

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• Funcionabilidad

• El Frente también sugirió que se debe investigar si el ministro basó su contrato de alquiler en un informe técnico de funcionabilidad para establecer las oficinas del MEF en el edificio PH Republic, pues no hay estacionamientos en el área.

• Contrato

• Mientras, el contrato del alquiler N.° 026-2015 contempla que Inversiones Torre Eiffel deberá proporcionar seguridad a las áreas comunes y de estacionamiento.

• Pago

• El Estado tiene la obligación de pagar a Inversiones Torre Eiffel el monto total de la contratación por el periodo comprendido del 1 de abril de 2015 al 31 de diciembre de 2017.