the comptroller general, Carlos Philip Cordoba, He recently referred to the investigations for a series of contracts that were signed while the reform to the Guarantees Law was in force, declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
(They will auction off a lot of Populated Centers to recover the $70,000 million).
The senior official told El Tiempo that he accepted the criticism of his administration: “I must admit that lies deeply affect me. I have never resorted to cheating to achieve my professional goals”said.
Regarding the Law of Guarantees, he assured that while it was in force, agreements were made between the Nation and the territorial entities which reached 6.5 billion. In total there were 3,398 contracts. In turn, they identified 968 projects for 960,000 million pesos.
“The Comptroller’s Office was struck by 272 contracts derived from processes with a single bidder for 590,000 million pesos. We are reviewing them with all the attention to make decisions regarding the actions that we could eventually initiate“, said.
Córdoba also assured that the Comptroller identified some portraits in government actions regarding the reconstruction of Providencia after the impact of Hurricane Iota. In this way they were able to generate commitments for the construction of houses and access to public services. Today they are verifying how these resources were invested.
Regarding the complaints about certain vices in the School Feeding Program, the comptroller said that from the institution they have made a monitoring work and warning of irregularities.
“However, cases such as the one in Cartagena still persist, where more than 40,000 children continue to be deprived of their ration. Today we advance 145 tax actions worth 43,000 million pesos. We have been generating alerts to guarantee the opportunity and coverage of the service“, he pointed out.
Finally, the comptroller told El Tiempo his position regarding the accusations of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The official denied that they were true.
(Duque’s response after the house arrest order for contempt).
“I have never resorted to traps to achieve my professional goals. When I prepared my doctoral thesis, I used, in addition to in-depth research, the knowledge that I have been able to manage during my experiences as delegated controller, vice controller, auditor and general controller,” he said.
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