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Ministry of Youth makes use of the loophole to the Procurement Law

Listin Diario reports that 67% of the purchases at the Ministry of Youth have been carried out below the level of contracting that requires the intervention of the Procurement Agency contracting controls.

The Ministry of Youth has just fired its legal consultant after the later protested irregularities in contracting procedures.

Listin Diario points out how the Ministry of Youth has been mired with irregularities since its start.

Altagracia Salazar says the practice of contracting under the around one million peso ceiling is common. On her El Patio talk show she says this is common in the Ministry of Defense. She explains this will be corrected when legislators pass the bill with the amendments submitted by the Procurement Agency (DGCP).

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15 November 2021