The Chamber of Accounts has sent the Attorney General a list of names of the government officials who have failed to submit their sworn declaration of assets in compliance with Law 311n14.
In her letter to Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito, Chamber of Accounts president Licelotte Marte de Barrios writes that these appointed officials and in some cases those who have resigned their posts are liable for sanctions.
A document was sent with the names of the officials who did comply with the legal dispositions of filing their sworn declarations.
“In preparing the list, we have taken into account the information presented by the Executive Branch, as well as the information that we have been able to obtain, before the respective agencies, including the Office for the Evaluation and Auditing of the Assets of Public Officials,” says the letter dated 9 December 2014. The letter also states that if any officials’ names have been omitted, they will be sent in the shortest time possible.
On Tuesday, December 2014 the Chamber of Accounts was urged through a citation by a bailiff, to send the Justice Department the names of the officials who have not complied with Law 311-14 on Sworn Declarations of Assets within a 15-day period. The measure was adopted by the Justice and Transparency Foundation, which argued that the Chamber of Accounts had acted with negligence in the case. Unofficial reports say that 48 officials have deposited their sworn declaration of assets, 12 are in process, and some 50 are yet to presented. According to the president of the Chamber of Accounts, some 110 officials should obey the new Law 311-14, which establishes that they have to declare their assets within the 30 days following their appointment, ratification, as well as in the case of their firing.