The former president of the Senate, Jesus Vásquez Martinez (Chú), has now been questioned by the Attorney General’s Office about the Odebrecht bribery scandal and specifically about the government’s contract with Odebrecht for US$131.7 million for the construction of the Pinalitao hydroelectric dam.
Vásquez told the press that his service record is as clean as spring water, and should not be lumped in with others who may have accepted bribes. He insisted that he never received money from Odebrecht, or any other company to approve contracts.
He observed that the case should have been handled more quickly, citing as examples the timeframe for the investigations into Odebrecht contracts in Colombia and Peru.
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El Caribe
25 January 2017
