1998News

Audit shows irregularities in Lomé office

The Dominican government Corruption Prevention Department is studying the case presented by Max Puig, who is in charge of the Lomé IV for the Dominican government. Puig has documented irregularities that occurred during his predecessor’s Angel Lockward’s administration of the Lomé IV office. Lockward is a director within the opposition party, the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC). The attorney general’s office presented to the corruption department the case that indicates that Lockward irregularly allotted RD$11.2 million. According to press reports, of the moneys, RD$4.7 million were redirected to the Ministry of Education for remodeling works. The program was not contemplated in the plans of the Lomé IV office as an audit of the organization showed.