The director of the Agency for Ethics and Government Integrity (DIGEIG), Lidio Cadet said he has opened an investigation into the claims by TV investigative journalist Nuria Piera on alleged irregularities in the wealth statement of engineer Julio César Correa Mena, general manager of EdeNorte.
Cadet says he is acting based on his organization’s legal mandate of his organization that establishes that the entity could open investigations based on circumstancial evidence, including media reports, as per Decree 486-12 that created the agency that is under the Presidency of the Republic.
Cadet noted that if the allegations made by journalists are proven correct, or there were administrative oversights, the case would be sent to the Public Ministry and to the Executive Branch for further investigation and possible prosecution, according to the law.
In two recent weekly TV shows, Piera presented the case for unjustified wealth increases and the fact that Correa has several properties he has not declared in his wealth statement. Piera also presented evidence that several relatives of Correa are employed by EdeNorte or affiliate institutions or benefit as suppliers.
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MetroRD
7 June 2017
