In a follow-up story to the appointment of engineer Diandino Peña as Minister of Public Works, the Listin Diario reported on major administrative restructuring at the ministry. Diandino Peña was known as one of the key financiers of the political aspirations of President Fernandez, and prior to his new position he was administrative secretary for the Presidency, the man who had administered the budgetary assignations of the different government departments. The Listin reports that the new minister’s office now directly controls the Comisión de Concursos y Sorteos, the ministerial department in charge of organizing tenders and granting public works. Also directly under the minister is the Comisión de Avalúo, the appraisal of public works construction department, and the press department. He eliminated the controller’s office at the ministry, giving the responsibilities to the Gerencia Financiera (finances department), which will now be under the Dirección General Administrativa where he appointed a new officer. Furthermore, the Listin reports that there is no longer a general audit department at the Ministry, replacing this with a internal audit department that is subordinate to the Finance Department. Jose Felix Marrero, the new administrative director of the ministry, says the reorganization avoids work duplication, and that the concentration of the administrative efforts in one office will permit greater control over finances, drastically reducing waste.
