In an apparent cry of impotence, the head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office against Administrative Corruption (Pepca), Wilson Camacho pleaded for the Dominican government to change its policy of doing business, affirming that as long as it does so “with anyone” it will be difficult to effectively confront corruption.
The government regularly has contracted millions with companies that previously had not supplied the government. This has occurred in the past administration and continues in the present. For example, the Ministry of Education contracted millions in electronic devices to companies with no past experienced in the new government.
With five corruption cases already prosecuted and a score of accused under arrest, the deputy attorney general, who is a lawyer, psychologist and sociologist, insisted that the state cannot continue to be a space for people to do business and get rich at the expense of collective interests.
“The state has to implement changes in the way it does business. It is difficult to face corruption effectively when the state negotiates with anyone, with ‘companies’ without any experience, trajectory or conditions to supply what they offer,” said Camacho on his twitter account.
He reiterated that the fight against corruption needs more actions than words. “I have always said that the fight against corruption needs more actions than speeches. Transparency, respect for the public thing, for public funds needs commitments; and that in order to change that state of affairs and advance in the process it is necessary to modify the Procurement and Contracting Law,” the judicial official emphasized in tweets on the subject.
Wilson Camacho says as long as government continues to buy from inexperienced companies, it will be difficult to confront corruption.
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8 February 2022