The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) established 62 findings with presumed fiscal incidence in the amount of $32,282 million in 17 departments where it evaluated the management of the Departmental Water Plans (PDA). Totaldetermined 226 administrative findings, of which 210 have a possible disciplinary connotation, two have an alleged criminal scope, 16 lead to the opening of a preliminary investigation and nine have other incidents.
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One of the departments with the largest amount of tax findings is Magdalena (2 for $11,290 million). Cauca (5 for $3,823 million), Córdoba (4 for $3,313 million) and La Guajira (6 for $2,010 million) also stand out.
The main deficiencies found by the Comptroller have to do with deficiencies in the planning and contractual execution, where some projects began their execution without adequate previous studies and were contracted without having environmental or sanitary permits, concessions and licenses.. There is also a lack of liquidation of contracts with an expired execution term, which do not have the corresponding liquidation and termination records. In addition, there is payment for goods or services not received or installed.
(The Comptroller puts a magnifying glass on projects financed with royalties in Guajira).
Another deficiency has to do with the widespread persistence of non-compliance with schedules, where the control entity evidenced that many of the contracts present relevant delays and have been subject to frequent suspensions, which generates uncertainties about their completion and start-up in order to meet the social needs of water supply and basic sanitation services.
Likewise, the CGR found that some works remained unfinished, that is, there are completed works and liquidated contracts without having been put into operation and at the service of the community to which they are destined.
On the other hand, it found possible damage to public assets, such as cost overruns in the contracting and acquisition of goods and services, the payment of advances that were not duly amortized, nor properly managed in the bank accounts opened for this purpose, weaknesses in the supervision and auditing and in the management of resources to give continuity to the projects, and insufficient follow-up, monitoring and evaluation.
(Alerts from the Comptroller’s Office allowed the reactivation of 35 large works).
In addition, in most of the works it showed weaknesses in the planning of the projects, that is, they are projects formulated without complying with the technical and administrative requirements necessary for their correct viability. And also without complying with environmental regulations.
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