José Jaquez, Deputy Administrative Minister revealed that the hard disks with information on the Sunday “surprise visits” of President Medina were erased. The Administrative Ministry denounced that the information on about 2,500 projects initiated during the community visits of President Danilo Medina was erased with the computers’ formatting
Jáquez said an investigation is ongoing “to determine how around US$50 billion was used for the projects.
“It is not possible that more than 51 thousand million pesos are spent and that the basic information has been re-formatted,” he said. He added: “Thank God and luckily for the country, we found a USB memory stick with part of the information and as a result we are investigating,” he explained.
The official says among the irregularities detected is the opening of an internal account that operated as a petty cash with RD$400 million pesos destined for one of the surprise visit projects. He said that this aspect is in the process of being audited.
He also pointed out that the Presidency program involved around 49 government entities where there were violations involving over RD$64 billion.
The “surprise visits” program involved President Danilo Medina using Sundays to visit with small communities and offer government assistance to associated businesses.
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Listin Diario
21 September 2020