A new complaint against a senior official of the government of Juan Carlos Varela has been filed in the office of the Attorney General of the Nation, Kenia Porcell.
It is the deputy health minister, Miguel Mayo, who is accused of the crime of falsifying, the allegedly lied in his sworn statement of assets once assumed the position of Deputy Minister of Health. Therefore, in denouncing the dismissal of this official as a precautionary measure for securing evidence that may support this investigation it is requested.
The Panama America had access to the complaint and the documents supporting the charge against Deputy Minister Miguel Mayo.
"During this year (2014) generated $ 36,000, just in salary and expenses, which means a steady income to report," said the complainant.
However, a source close to the deputy minister said in May that this claim is false and obeys an evil orchestrated by someone who intends to do harm.
The source said that so far has not reached a notification that there is a complaint against the deputy Mayo.
He argued that there is no tax evasion, since they are charged for direct discount to pay.
In addition, the source reported that the deputy minister in his statement of assets 2014 57,400 dollars he received for professional services as a specialist doctor he said.
Sanctions
The Criminal Code, Article 366, establishes penalties of up to eight years in prison against those found guilty for the crime of falsifying a document.
The standard indicates that he is guilty of this offense who "falsify or alter, in whole or in part, a public document, a public document or authentic so may result in injury." Supports the complainant that an affidavit enters this as a public document, therefore there is sufficient evidence that the deputy minister is processed Mayo. Similarly, in the aspect of the consequences of damage, says the jurist who would be harmed because the State by declaring less income, less taxes paid, causing a reduction in public finances. The rule which uses the complainant adds that "same penalty shall be imposed on whoever insert or make insert into a public or authentic document concerning false statements to a fact that the document be tested, provided it can cause injury to another."Las Palmeras
In the complaint, the attorney Quiñones refers to a second behavior of tax evasion, which consists of valuing a farm owned by the deputy minister in May called Las Palmeras, located in Costa del Este.
"That residence with a registered $ 76,000 334.20 value, but according to appraisal by the MEF, the same should be paying tax in response to an actual value of $ 438,000 425.08," says the lawyer Macario Quiñones in its complaint. The complaint also refers to the additional revenue that the Deputy Minister has allegedly received as professional services in a private hospital in the country, and a clinic, which, according to the complainant, is owned by the deputy minister and members of his family. According to Quinones, the official pays only $ 700 annual tax when their incomes are much higher, with which can assume two mortgage loans real estate and a luxury vehicle. "It is our opinion that not only an issue of ethics can not be an authority that simply lie in affidavits, lie on financial disclosure and hide assets and wealth," Quinones said. In the Ministry of Health they indicated that for the moment they would not comment until they knew issue in detail the contents of the complaint. However, according to Quinones, the complaint, which makes as a citizen, is motivated by the need "to know in whose hands are the machinations of state funds and what moral is the person who manages these funds."La frase
- El ministro Miguel Mayo Di Bello, durante su gestión como viceministro, ha realizado palpables, evidentes y comprobables violaciones a la ley. Macario Quiñones - Abogado denunciante.
Cifras
700 Dólares es lo que pagó en concepto de impuestos el viceministro de Salud.
36,000 Solo en salario y gastos de representación es el ingreso fijo no reportado en el 2014.
