The Attorney General’s Office reiterated its call to the Ministry of Finance to disburse the pending resources that guarantee the functioning and operation of the Public Force, since despite previous steps and commitments acquired by the Treasury portfolio, There is still about $ 500,000 million, of a total amount close to billion pesos.
This new pronouncement of the control entity is produced after several work tables sustained with the entities involved, in which it had already been warned about the risk it represents for the defense sector, delay in the budget allocation, since according to information provided by the Ministry of Defense, the remaining resources have not yet been transferred.
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At a meeting held on June 26, the Attorney General’s Office managed to unlock a first Disbursement of $ 346,066 million, aimed at covering the operating needs of the Military Forces and the National Police until December. However, that turn corresponds only to a part of the total budget required to ensure the missionary of the sector.
During the same meeting, representatives of the Ministry of Finance promised to manage the disbursement of the remaining money through a request before the Superior Council of Fiscal Policy (CONFIS), which would allow to release $ 90,934 million additional destined for both the administrative part and to the operation of the forces.
The Attorney General’s Office warns that these delays jeopardize the operation of the State.
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In addition to that amount, an additional turn exceeds $ 400,000 million was contemplated, which has not yet been made; While the lack of these resources continues to generate alarm in the office of the Second Delegate Attorney for the surveillance of the public service, which He warns that the financial lag cannot compromise the constitutional mission of the public force.
For this reason, the control body reiterated its exhortation to the Ministry of Finance to promptly assign the pending resources, avoid negative impacts on institutional operability and honor the commitments acquired before the control and surveillance authorities.
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Alerts on other fronts
The above adds to the alert launched this week by the Attorney General’s Office between the agreement between the Foreign Ministry and the National Printing for the supply of Passports, in which the Public Ministry expressed concern about the lack of technical and pre -contractual documents that support said contracting, breaking what is established by the state contracting law, since to date, there has been no clarity on the assignment or execution of the new model.
The control body made it clear that less than six weeks after the expiration of the current contractthey still remain for delivering some 290,000 passport notebooks, which raises the risk of shortage; While it is questioned that it has not been defined with certainty who will assume the production as of September 1, or if the current contractor has been notified or linked to give continuity to the service by urgently manifests.
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“They assault doubts regarding the possibility of the current contractor to provide the service, since it is unknown if it has been notified or consulted to provide passports through the manifest emergency. In addition to this, the reasons and the administrative act by which the agreement is signed by the General Secretary (in commission) and not by the Minister of Foreign Affairs are unknown,” says the statement.
In addition, the control body recalled that the National Printing is being investigated for alleged irregularities in contracts related to foreigners, where an international third party also participated. This precedent, added to the current opacity, generates doubts about the suitability and legality of the new agreement.
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Thus, the Attorney General’s Office insisted that it will maintain strict surveillance on the process to ensure transparency and continuity in the provision of the service.
Daniel Hernández Naranjo
Portfolio journalist
