Minister of Housing and Land Management (Miviot), Mario Etchelecu agreed that funds Social Assistance Program (PAN) , which were transferred in 2014 to start the ceilings of Hope program, were used.
Although, that the purchase were made and the contracts procedures were made by PAN.
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— PanamáAmérica (@PanamaAmerica) enero 7, 2016"We entered the offices when we have a budget for 2014 that had executed bye the previous administration who had transferred to PAN . It was decided that the money were going to be invested to start the Ceilings of Hope Program, said the Ministry of Housing in news channel TVN.
This takes you clarify that last year, "Mario Etcehelecu he not passed a dollar to PAN and has not made direct contracting for Ceilings of Hope" . He added that all the management of purchase made in 2015 was made by procurement and contracting acts , through the Department of Purchase ministry.
Etchelecu statements were given after Angelica Maytín, director of the National Authority of Transparency and Access to Information (Antai) unveiled that they already warned about the findings of a adutoria made the PAN and where it was recommended to the Ministry of Living and Zoning suspend all purchases by the PAN .
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In this case direct contracting for the purchase of heavy equipment is in question and which turned out to benefit the company Airco SA.
In that sense Dimínguez Manuel , Secretary of Communication , said in new channel Telemetro that if the Public Prosecutor finds any element for begin an investigation, they may do it, although it is" not a responsability of Executive " .
Those responsible for each of these actions will have to go to the appropriate intitutions to explain how they are working", he said.
He reiterated that the PAN was closed and was for the debate that took place, because it worked without any type of control , and thats why it became into the new Department of Social Welfare which is under control of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
