El Nacional highlighted a legal case submitted by Carlos Gomez that asserts he did not receive sufficient compensation from the US$33 million sale of an office building on Av. 27 de Febrero to the Ministry of Industry & Commerce.
El Nacional reports that Gomez filed the legal complaint in which he claims that former minister of Public Works, Freddy Perez, told his partner in the construction of the building and the sales deal that there were no profits in the transaction due to a US$3 million payment to an unnamed government officer. The payment, Gomez alleges was essentially a bribe that allowed the deal to go through.
Meanwhile, press spokesman for the Ministry of Industry & Commerce says the Ministry officials are in the clear because the transaction was done directly with the state-owned Banco de Reservas. The case is now in the hands of National District prosecutor Rosalba Ramos.
Gómez’s lawyer Julio Santamaría says they are demanding the case advance in the judiciary because it was filed several months ago.
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El Nacional
27 November 2018
