Within the framework of the oversight of public acts carried out by the administration led by Mayor Francisco Azcué, and following thorough evaluations of various administrative acts, certain irregularities have been detected for which the Justice system has been requested to investigate them and determine an alleged fraud against the public administration and the various responsibilities of former officials therein.
Regarding the alleged fraud against the public administration, this arises from the mechanism used in the rental of vehicles, such as pickup trucks, through the use of a direct purchase system, that is, without any type of tender or bidding process, to carry out various operational tasks for the Directorate of Paved Street Maintenance and the execution of public works during the year 2023.
It is striking that the acquisition of said service was interrupted before the start of the current administration, and upon analyzing some of the administrative case files for payments, since the previous ones were processed before the current administration took office, and after making inquiries to the various municipal offices, it was concluded that there is no record whatsoever that the contracted services were provided.
Likewise, it has drawn attention that some of the alleged service providers are direct relatives of some former officials.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Furthermore, a request was submitted to the Justice system to expand the complaint previously filed so that the responsibility of former public officials in the loan for use (comodato) of a waste collection truck to a workers' cooperative may be investigated.
In principle, it is understood that those who held responsibilities as public officials and approved the loan for use of the aforementioned vehicle did not fulfill their obligations as such, since the loan for use, and even the Decree ratifying the contract signed by the former mayor of our city, clearly established a use for a period of five years, and that the validity of the loan for use contract would only become operational after its ratification by the Honorable Deliberative Council of our city, and this never happened; therefore, said truck could not be in the possession of a private party as ultimately occurred.
It is also made known that in the course of the week, new filings will be made aimed at having the Justice system investigate and provide clarity on certain government acts that occurred in the previous administration, the content and scope of which the population must know for the benefit of the transparency of public government acts.
Regarding the alleged fraud against the public administration, this arises from the mechanism used in the rental of vehicles, such as pickup trucks, through the use of a direct purchase system, that is, without any type of tender or bidding process, to carry out various operational tasks for the Directorate of Paved Street Maintenance and the execution of public works during the year 2023.
It is striking that the acquisition of said service was interrupted before the start of the current administration, and upon analyzing some of the administrative case files for payments, since the previous ones were processed before the current administration took office, and after making inquiries to the various municipal offices, it was concluded that there is no record whatsoever that the contracted services were provided.
Likewise, it has drawn attention that some of the alleged service providers are direct relatives of some former officials.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Furthermore, a request was submitted to the Justice system to expand the complaint previously filed so that the responsibility of former public officials in the loan for use (comodato) of a waste collection truck to a workers' cooperative may be investigated.
In principle, it is understood that those who held responsibilities as public officials and approved the loan for use of the aforementioned vehicle did not fulfill their obligations as such, since the loan for use, and even the Decree ratifying the contract signed by the former mayor of our city, clearly established a use for a period of five years, and that the validity of the loan for use contract would only become operational after its ratification by the Honorable Deliberative Council of our city, and this never happened; therefore, said truck could not be in the possession of a private party as ultimately occurred.
It is also made known that in the course of the week, new filings will be made aimed at having the Justice system investigate and provide clarity on certain government acts that occurred in the previous administration, the content and scope of which the population must know for the benefit of the transparency of public government acts.