Civic movement Participación Ciudadana national coordinator Marisela Duval questions why the Odebrecht contract for the construction of the Punta Catalina thermoelectric plant, the largest single Odebrecht contract, is not included in the Odebrecht case handled by Judge Francisco Ortega.
She questioned that only 14 present and past government officials and present and past legislators and suppliers have been accused of accepting bribes, when, in her opinion, there are many more officials who are also involved in the scandal. Although the inquiry into the Odebrecht contracts is just starting, Duval said, “why doesn’t the list include more officials in the Medina administration?”
She said that the government could be trying to protect the ongoing construction of Punta Catalina by leaving it out of the inquiry. “But until when will the government gloss-over the Punta Catalina construction contract, which is currently the largest public project.”
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1 June 2017
