The defense team Alberto Pascó Font, who was a member of the committee Proinvestment which granted the approval of Interoceánica, reported that the Judiciary initiated the second instance of review of the process against the promotion agency.
According to lawyer Francisco Ugaz Heudebert, during this instance the focus will be on reiterating that there is no indication that there was any agreement between Alberto Pascó Font, Sergio Bravo Orellana and the late Patricio Barclay, and the winning consortium of the tender, then led by the construction companies Odebrecht and composed of Graña y Montero, GyM, ICCGSA and JJC.
“We will reiterate that there is no evidence that implicates Alberto Pascó Font in the crime of collusion, nor does it show his participation in any irregular act. They have not committed any act of collusion nor have they received any gift, payment or illicit benefit for the award of the project. In addition, we will return to the testimonies of the representatives of the Consortium who, far from involving Pascó-Font, point out that they have never had no deal with him and they describe him as a “thorn in the side” of the interests of those companies,” he stated.
For his part, lawyer Iván Meini recalled that a few months ago the details of Jorge Barata’s effective collaboration agreement were known, which also exonerates the then committee.
“This Agreement reaffirms the innocence of Pascó-Font and Bravo Orellana, and supports the defense’s evidence in the sense that the Committee did not have any prior negotiations or collusive acts with the Brazilian company and its partners. On the contrary, its action was technical and in compliance with the State’s contracting regulations and the Contracting Law,” explained the jurist.
As confirmed in the document by Jorge Barata – the main person responsible for the operation of the Brazilian construction company in our country – the reason why Odebrecht reduced the improper payment to Toledo from 35 million dollars to 20 million dollars was because the Pro-Inversion Committee did not modify the bidding rules in favor of Odebrecht, as had been promised by the now former president.
“Since this has been corroborated in their own judicial process, it is further evidence that demonstrates that the tax thesis involving Pascó Font, Bravo Orellana and Barclay Méndez lacks support. The details that confirm that the Proinversion Committee remained unaware of the irregular negotiations are evident in various passages of the Effective Collaboration Agreement,” says Meini.
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