Comptroller’s Office detects alleged detriment of $1,618 million in the PNIS due to payments to the audit that did not correspond to real progress.
The Comptroller General of the Republic reported that a payment authorized to the audit of the National Comprehensive Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS) did not correspond to the real progress of the supervised projects, which led to an alleged detriment of $1,618 million.
That organization identified a tax finding for $1,618 millionafter a compliance audit carried out on the Territory Renewal Agency (ART).
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Payment overruns
According to the report, the ART guaranteed full payments to the firm DCO Engineering & Services SASin charge of the audit of contract 371-2022 signed with the Colombia in Peace Fund Consortium (FCP), despite the fact that the real progress of the supervised projects did not justify that disbursement.
The control body noted that “the payments to the auditor were made incorrectly, without adjusting to the real progress of the contracts supervised under the PNIS.”
The audit revealed that the contracts 359-2022, 377-2022 and 402-2022which were under supervision, presented technical advances of 59.23%, 93.67% and 44.8%, respectively, percentages lower than the 100% necessary to authorize full payment.
Even so, approval was given to settle the entire value agreed with the auditor. The Comptroller’s Office warned that this decision allowed a “overpayment of $1,618 million”a fact that shows flaws in the financial and technical control of the process.
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Other findings of the Comptroller’s Office
The report also pointed out the responsibility of the Territory Renewal Agency in monitoring the contract. According to the document, “the ART was responsible for supervising the process,” which includes verification of progress and the correspondence between these and the authorized payments.
The Comptroller’s Office concluded that this alleged detriment affects resources destined for productive projects and the food security of families linked to the PNIS. The organization insisted on the need to strengthen supervision mechanisms to ensure the proper use of public resources.
Source: Integrated Information System
