The Government Accounting Office accused the syndicate leaders of “irregularities” in the handling of the Plan Renove program that was an attempt by the PRD government to replace the nation’s flotilla of old public transportation vehicles for newer ones. According to Hoy newspaper, the Dominican government gave Plan Renove US$150 million, and now the accounting office has found what it is calling “irregularities punishable by jail” for the Renove chief, Fabio Ruiz, and transportation syndicate leaders Juan Hubieres and Antonio Marte. Also included in the complaint are Milciades Amaro Guzman, Amadeo Loreno Ramirez, Blas Peralta, Freddy William Mendez, and Gervasio de la Rosa. The investigation turned up the fact that members of the National Council of Plan Renove, Amaro Guzman and Antonio Marte, received 78 buses and a dump truck, while the federations received payments but delayed reporting them to obtain marginal benefits, such as bank interest on the money. The accounting office told reporters that the spirit of the decrees that gave birth to the Plan Renove was totally “denaturalized” by these actions. The office pointed out that instead of the vehicles going to those who really needed them, many went to powerful transport companies that were able to ease their way into the Plan. All of the documentation on these allegations is contained in Resolution 08-04 of the Accounting Office, and has been sent to the District Attorney of Santo Domingo.