This establishes that the contract will be extended for 12 more months. The monthly cost will be G. 54 million (totaling G. 652 million).
What is striking is that the rental of these expensive offices was already the target of criticism in mid-2020. Even Félix Kanasawa, head of the Dinac, announced that he would terminate the contract but eventually ends up renewing it.
CONTEXT
In mid-2019, Dinac tendered under ID 365.098 and 365.207 the 19th and 20th floors of the World Trade Center (Asunción). The total cost was G. 2,700 million for the administration of the entity to operate from there. The contract was for 30 months.
This tender was closed under the administration of Édgar Melgarejo, former head of the public entity accused today.
In June 2020, two months after Melgarejo’s resignation, Félix Kanazawa, his successor, announced that he would terminate the contract due to high costs. With this, Dinac would save around G. 704 million (G. 326 million per floor annually) during 2021.
However, according to data from the National Public Procurement Directorate (DNCP), Dinac has already paid G. 2,566 million of the G. 2,708 million that the contract is worth. This shows that the public entity never rescinded the contract.
It should be remembered that Dinac has had five offices in the Ministry of Defense since 1990. However, it unnecessarily rents expensive flats representing a waste of State resources.
WITHOUT RESOURCES
To this is added that Dinac had red balances last April. So he resorted to bank loans to be able to meet his obligations. This situation was caused by the air restrictions established by the pandemic.
According to sources in the newspaper, the loan was G. 25,000 million from the Continental bank. Despite the financial crisis, the public entity wastes millionaire resources in an unnecessary rental of administrative offices.
