The difference between Aldia’s 2017 profits, before Marito assumes the Presidency, and those of 2021, is G. 85,982 million; that is to say, in a single period he invoiced 13 times more in relation to the year of his arrival as a tenant of the Palacio de López, and since his administration prioritized the construction of routes at the hands of Wiens . In the midst of a pandemic and whose largest outlays for contracts came later.
Mario Abdo Benítez has deposited in Aldia SA 8,750 shares of G. 1,000,000 each, totaling G. 8,750 million, which represents 87.50% of the total paid-in capital of the company. That is, he is the majority owner of the business.
Mario Abdo Benítez exponentially increased his assets in shares after his resignation from the position of national senator and before assuming the Presidency of the Republic, as can be seen in his declarations of assets and income presented to the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR).
With 92,647 million profits, the company Almacenamiento y Distribución de Asfaltos SA (Aldia SA) closed 2021, whose majority shareholder is the President of the Republic, Mario Abdo Benítez, who put his son Mario Abdo Díaz Benza on his behalf.
In 2013, before entering to occupy a seat in the Senate, the president declared that he had shares worth G. 3,000 million in the company Almacenamiento y Distribución de Asfaltos SA (Aldia). It must not be forgotten that on March 1, 2018 he resigned from his role as national legislator, and on August 15 he was to begin occupying the presidential chair.
In this context of resignation, specifically on March 27, 2018, Abdo Benítez declared before the Comptroller that his shares in Aldia increased and already totaled 4,375. But, in five months, shortly before his assumption, he registered more shares in the firm of the route category, because, according to his sworn statement of August 27, 2018, his assets in said firm had risen again. to 8,750 shares.
The following is already known history, by the hand of Wiens, the MOPC articulated a peak of paving tenders, and incidentally the company of which the President is the majority shareholder, grew 450% in asphalt imports, between 2018 and 2021 .
But nothing is small, since, according to data from the National Customs Directorate, from G. 23,515 million in asphalt imports in 2018, the purchases of the firm founded by the President climbed to G. 127,206 million last year.
The President of the Republic granted power of attorney to his son Mario Abdo Díaz Benza in a distributor that sells asphalt to State contractors.
What is observed in the minutes of the Aldia assembly of 2022 is that Mario Abdo Benítez, through a legal power of attorney, ceded his representation before the company’s board of directors to his son Mario Abdo Díaz Benza.
The same document states that the President of the Republic processed a power of attorney for his son to represent him in Aldia before the notary public Shirley Hermosa de Argaña one day before the assembly, on April 26, 2022, a strategic legal tool for not appear in business.
It is important to point out that article 237 of the Magna Carta talks about the incompatibilities of the president and vice president, and mentions that they cannot hold public or private positions, paid or not, while they are in office. Nor can they engage in trade, industry or any professional activity, and must dedicate themselves exclusively to their functions; However, Mario Abdo found a way out, he put his son in the company that sells asphalt to state contractors.
