The attitude of the Minister of the Presidency, Alvaro Aleman, to justify direct contracting for Ceilings of Hope program, the Ministry of Housing and Land Management, which were made through the National Assistance Program (PAN), denotes crisis in which the government structure is submerged.
Members of civil society considered unfavorable statements issued by the official, and that contradict the promise of transparency and zero corruption of the current government.
"The Minister of the Presidency is exceeding its powers, since he is not there to determine anything because he is not a watchdog, but in this case it is the Comptroller General of the Republic," said Alejandro Perez, ex panameñista.
In any case, he suggested that it is the Comptroller only that, given time, can decide that there is a violation of public procurement rules or patrimonial damage, since it is the one responsible for overseeing all acts of officials the handling of state funds.
Perez says that if there is a report stating that there was division of matter, "that is what must prevail".
Then he wonders why should they be happy and content when former government officials are persecuted by division of matter and are now upset and to say on that is not of their competence with respect to the way in which a procurement is made ?
The supposed benefit a friend of President Juan Carlos Varela, for expanameñista and lawyer, evidence that there is a double standard, double standards and that there is a different persecution of government administration where reference is made to last and what is He does now.
"It does exactly what the previous government did nothing more than when he took Varela, said it was a crime, and now they are law-abiding actions," said Perez, demonstrating "that the width is for them and as narrow for the previous government, "he is noting that innocent people are arrested only by a political vendetta.
Maribel Gordon, a member of the Broad Front for Democracy (FAD), concludes that the words expressed by the holder of the Presidency are "counterproductive to go to the defense" without dominating what should be a transparent and ask them to make a investigation.
"Varela leaving the president and the ministers defending challenges to its management, on transparency and corruption, and say there is no such situation reflects the institutional crisis," says Gordon.
He recalled that talked about being transparent, ethical and that would be an honest exercise in public affairs; however, the signals given to the population are contrary to ethical practice that must prevail, so that people have stopped believing in the three branches of government that are involved in corruption scandals, selective justice, sales failures and even illegal activities.
"He said he would be transparency and that he would fight corruption, but that is not what is occurring. From the first year in office, there have been some reports in the media, but nothing happens", questions the FAD leader disappeared.
Rather, what you see with the processes of the past administration officials are "media shows" and dismissals people linked to the previous and current government.
The German minister has said that, legally, you can not point out that the PAN is dividing or splitting material purchases because the entity is not subject to the Public Procurement Act 22.
However, we forget that the law that created the PAN provides that an entity may use that rule for cases which are not notorious urgency.
In that sense, Carlos Lee of the Citizens Alliance for Justice, stressed that the Government has not given a good message because, on the one hand, it did not eliminate the PAN, but renamed by the Directorate of Social Assistance (DAS) and on the other hand, it has not changed the Public Procurement Act, so that you sanitize the vices he suffered in the previous period, when such contracts were eased.
It says the government is based on the highly criticized law and facts that are now investigated in anti-corruption prosecutors. "The message has not been a clear commitment against corruption," he said. He added that the population expects a government that gives grounds to suspect that continues to this malpractice.
But German follows that everything is a campaign of former President Ricardo Martinelli, its media and its political allies in Panama, which he described as "thugs", referring to Alma Cortes and Luis Eduardo Camacho.
Antai advirtió sobre irregularidades en las compras del Miviot-PAN
A inicios de este mes, la directora ejecutiva de la Autoridad Nacional de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información (Antai), Angélica Maytín, confirmó las irregularidades en las compras y los contratos del Programa de Ayuda Nacional (PAN) en lo que va de la administración de Juan Carlos Varela, iguales a las cometidas en el gobierno pasado y por las cuales varios funcionarios enfrentan procesos ante el Ministerio Público (MP).
Maytín dijo el 6 de enero que, apenas tomó posesión del cargo, un empresario acudió a ella para denunciar irregularidades en el PAN bajo la dirección de Rafael Stanziola, por lo que ordenó una auditoría forense que terminó en nueve expedientes y en la que se confirmó el delito de división de materia.
También detalló que las denuncias están enfocadas en el tema de la compra de equipo pesado para el programa Techos de Esperanzas del Ministerio de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial (Miviot) y en las que la empresa favorecida es Airco S.A., propiedad de Pedro "Peter" Vallarino Trombetta.
Vallarino es amigo personal del mandatario Juan Carlos Varela, y su empresa Airco, sospechosamente, se inscribió en el PAN a inicios de esta administración. Y desde entonces, ha logrado millonarias compras directas en el PAN.
Posterior a las declaraciones de Maytín, el ministro de Vivienda Mario Etchelecu, aceptó que sí usaron dinero que había sido traspasado al PAN, pero que eran dineros que habían quedado de la administración pasada y que se usaron para iniciar el programa Techos de Esperanza.
De la misma forma, dejó claro que durante el 2015 no se traspasó dinero a esa entidad y que todas las contrataciones que se realizaron fueron a través del Miviot.
Investigación
- La Procuraduría General
- de la Nación solicitó formalmente que se iniciara la auditoría en el caso del Miviot-DAS.
- Casos
- Se están investigando por separado por parte del Ministerio Público
- El resultado de la auditoría
- será determinante para corroborar si hay elementos que indiquen que los jefes de ambas instituciones cometieron delitos contra la administración pública.
- Reacciones de las personas por declaraciones de ministro Álvaro Alemán.
- @AlvaroAlvaradoC
- Para el ministro Álvaro Alemán, ahora los que criticamos al Gobierno somos esbirros de Martinelli, mentirosos y papagayos. ¿Qué les parece?
- @ProfMrmistery
- Este señor genera tanto asco que no vale la pena ni nombrarlo, ¡su propia boca muestra su podredumbre interna y prepotencia!
- @jonysalsantama1
- Póngale la ley del hielo.
- @esquivel_ilka
- Ese Alemán llama mentirosos a los periodistas. No saldrá más en ningún medio periodístico.
