The sociologist and former citizen participation, Cándido Mercedes, highlighted the work of the General Directorate of Public Purchases (DGCP) and states that with artificial intelligence analysis, detects irregular contracts in the State and prevents officials from officials.
He argued that the incumbents of past government, when they reached the positions, created companies to negotiate with the State and that, they did with the current legislation, the same with which in this government, irregular businesses are detected.
The member of the Transparency Commission of the Civic Movement indicated that among the contracts that the director of the DGCP, Carlos Pimentel, has stopped by anomalies are the National Institute of Terrestrial Transit and Transportation (INTRANT) and the National Institute of Student Welfare (INABIE).
“Recently, the purchasing and hiring director said they had suspended 32 providers from the State because they had to do with people who worked in the state.
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“The work that Carlos Pimentel has done and does is extraordinary. Everything is with the same law 340-06, on purchases and contracts, since the one that has just been approved recently, has not begun to apply,” he said, referring to Law 47-25 of Public Contracts, which replaces the 340-06, promulgated on July 28, which creates a new legal system for companies. With the State.
He argued that the new purchasing and hiring law needs around six regulations.
