President Luis Abinader suspended Adan Peguero at the head of the Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom) and the entity’s legal advisor, Joaquín Félix Santana. Peguero is a high-ranking officer of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) for eastern Santo Domingo.
Earlier in the day, Peguero had announced he would take a leave of absence.
The President acted on recommendations from the Ethics and Government Integrity Agency (DIGEIG) that followed up with an investigative report by journalist Nuria Piera.
According to the investigative report on the agreement signed between Inposdom and Mía Cargo Group, several irregularities were committed. The Public Contracting Agency (DGCP) and the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Comptroller General of the Republic recommended the dismissal of the general director of the Inposdom and its legal consultant for serious misconduct and irregularities in contracting.
Peguero had defended himself saying that the deal had been originally negotiated during the administration of his predecessor, Modesto Guzman.
In the report, the oversight entities identified that the signing of the first agreement under this type of illegal modality was dated 13 November 2008, between Modesto Guzmán, representing Inposdom, and the company Inversiones Tahití, S.A., which later became Mía Cargo Group for the exclusivity in courier operations deal.
The oversight entities established violations in the due legal process as the contracting was carried out outside of Procurement Law 340-06 and did not qualify for a public-private alliance procedure.
President Abinader named Katiuska del Carmen Baez, as temporary director of Inposdom. Baez had been working as head of the financial department at the agency. Previously, she had been the administrative director of Inposdom in Santo Domingo East.
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9 November 2021