The district responded to these accusations. The Comptroller of Bogotá also put the magnifying glass, especially in the town of Sumapaz.
A series of complaints about the management of resources in the local mayors of Bogotá shook public opinion after the revelation of An alleged waste for more than $ 1.2 billion in 2024.
According to Councilor Daniel Briceño, the resources executed during this period exceeded the annual budget of key entities such as the Ministry of Security and the Fire Department, They reached historical figures in terms of contracts and expenses.
Briceño warned that during December 2024 43% of the annual budget was executed, that is, $ 541 billion in a single month, which generated great concern due to the concentration of these resources in seven local mayorships.
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These include Ciudad Bolívar, Kennedy, Suba, Bosa, and San Cristóbal, which concentrated 60% of the funds. In this sense, Briceño also denounced the purchase of personal luxuries with public moneyas a hybrid truck of $ 314 million acquired by the mayor of Kennedy, contravening the austerity decree of the district.
On the other hand, criticism focused on the irregular practices observed in some contracts. According to the councilor, companies such as the development and Fundesco, which managed more than $ 40 billion, They would have incurred irregularities and influence peddling.
To this complaint was added to concern about the inadequate use of resources, when Bogotá neighborhoods face serious problems of insecurity, mobility and urban deterioration.
In addition, Councilor Andrés Barrios highlighted irregularities in the hiring of personnel, revealing that many people had signed multiple contracts with different entities, which, which He committed the operational capacity of the local mayors.
In total, more than 1,298 people simultaneously had several contracts with the district, with figures that exceed 50 million pesos in some cases, according to the complaint.
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The Comptroller of Bogotá was also involved in investigations, opening fiscal responsibility processes in the Sumapaz local mayor’s office for irregularities in the construction of village roads, With a total of $ 5.1 billion at stake.
Comptroller Julián Ruiz explained that payments were identified to the audit without meeting the necessary requirements and that an audit would be carried out around investments in public works between 2020 and 2024. In turn, the Mayor’s Office announced that complaints and complaints are being managed Measures will be taken to eradicate bad practices in public contracts.
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