Authorities generate more doubts about motorcycles purchase

Rodolfo Aguilera, Minister of Public Security, and Omar Pinzon , director of the National Police , could not justify the outright purchase of expensive bikes type 4 .

For Aguilera was limited to say that he could not advance opinions, because it had no details of such purchase.

"I have not reviewed all that has been done about it, and once you have the complete information will give you my opinion, while I prefer not overtake any criteria", said Aguilera minister to be questioned by the controversial purchase.

While the director of the National Police, Omar Pinzon did not even know the total motorcycle 4 which have been bought in this contract strongly criticized .

" I think they're fifteen, I do not have the numbers, buy them to give service," Finch said when asked about it.

Defense

However, both officials argued that motorcycles are there doing its job in the service of the community.

Finch said that this vehicle used to conduct in wooded sites and beaches, and its function is to rescue people who are lost in the jungle areas or may be at risk of drowning.

"That's a resource we need and are bearing results. The community is very happy because we have the resources, because we are transparent and accountable for our actions," said Pinzon to respond to posts made by.

Aguilera, meanwhile, said that the Minseg has become a method aimed at preventing purchases, which ultimately represents a substantial savings to the state.

Aguilera said that for every young person who is rescued from the gangs represents a saving of $ 30,000, considering the costs covering the entire penal and correctional process, when a person is caught after committing a crime.

But this figure says it may be more, to be taken into account that 65% of detainees serving their condemn relapse.

In an investigation by successfully detected these bikes, at a cost of 18 000 500 US dollars each, Honda brand, model Pioneer, were acquired without complying with the protocols established by the Public Procurement Act.

Moreover, a note to which he had access indicates that the hiring manager, Eduardo Corro, warned the two officials met the catalogs required on the website of Panama Purchase as part of the protocols required by procurement rules.

This electronic catalog which seeks to establish that there is a call for the companies, which are licensed to provide the service for which the State is concerned.

In this case, an investigation by indicated that four companies authorized to provide this service, however, is made in the review found that the publication will take place on the Web site.

What it was clear is that one of these seven companies, Bay Motors, was favored with the purchase, which is linked to the Motta family, major donors company president Juan Carlos Varela.

The argument from the beginning, to justify the direct purchase when they began to give the first publications was that purchases occurred directly under the pretext of being a national security issue.

Enrique "Chito" Montenegro, the National Anti-Corruption Front, regretted that the administration of President Juan Carlos Varela use a tactic that dates from the time of the dictatorship, to invoke the alleged "national security" to apply "state secret" on these issues.