Transport union entrepreneur Ramon Perez Figuereo said that businessman Johnny Morales benefited from a US$90-million purchase order for transport equipment that was granted without a legal tender and without his ever having been a dealer or concessionaire of vehicles. Morales is presently under domiciliary arrest for his involvement in the Plan Renove case.
Perez said that Morales also benefited from a purchase order for the 432 blue buses purchased by the municipality of Santo Domingo under the administration of the PRD’s Johnny Ventura, another 1,500 under the Plan Renove and 300 for the Oficina Metropolitana de Autobuses. Also involved was an order for 252 trucks, 10 forklifts and 125 buses used during the Pan Am Games. Perez Figueroa said that in order to transact the purchase, Morales created the Hyundai American Corporation in association with Sam Goodson of the United States. This enterprise, however, caused a clash with Hyundai’s authorized dealers in the Dominican Republic, Magna Motors. Perez Figueroa was interviewed on a Channel 11 TV program produced by Hector Herrera Cabral.
Perez Figuereo said that the first time the US$150-million loan for Plan Renove was pushed through Congress, an agreement was made between government officials and businesspeople, and he referred to the existence of documented proof that lobbyists paid a sum of US$1 million to Congress.
Perez believes that Juan Hubieres and the former director of the Oficina Tecnica del Transporte Terrestre, Antonio Reynoso, should also be included in the Plan Renove investigation.