According to the audit, RD$8,535,985,800 was allocated to contracts for unplanned works, while the amount for hidden defects in construction works totals RD$438,715,007
SANTO DOMINGO. – Plans drawn up without land, lack of project planning, absence of soil studies, deficiencies in construction supervision, abandonment of completed buildings, hidden construction defects, inauguration and purchase of equipment without the works being completed, composition of the Purchasing Committee not in accordance with decree 542-12, among other irregularities, were found in the audit carried out by the Chamber of Accounts on the administration of the now preventive detention, Jean Alain Rodríguez, former Attorney General of the Republic.
The audit report, conducted on the Dominican Republic's Penitentiary System Humanization Plan at the request of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), states that 8,535,985,800 pesos of public funds were allocated to contracts for unplanned projects. The amount attributed to hidden construction defects totals 438,715,007 pesos.
The legal report from the Chamber of Accounts states that "the non-observance and non-compliance with its legal provisions relevant to the matter, the officials and public servants have not performed at the level expected for those called to safeguard public interests, compromising their administrative responsibility, by action or omission.".
It states that “the deficient administration of allocated public resources results, in many findings of this report, in a depletion of such resources, thus compromising their civil liability and revealing indications of criminal liability of officials and public servants,” notes a publication by Diario Libre.
Some of the findings
- Awarded to companies belonging to the same partners in the same selection procedure: 109,809,445 pesos
- Advance payment without contract registration certification and without a guarantee policy: 617,813,351 pesos
- Award to consortium without state supplier registration: 510,104,650 pesos
- Award of contract to company owned by official of the Ministry of the Presidency 103,525,976 pesos
- Payment plan for service contracts: 54,847,298 pesos
- Failure to meet the deadline for signing contracts: 3,959,689 pesos and 4,389,800 pesos
- Award to supplier without evidence of legal and technical documentation: 348,299,904 pesos
- Fund certification lower than the contracted amount: 62,000,000 pesos
- Award to bidders without possessing the relevant expertise: 494,562,017 pesos
- Award to an unqualified contractor: 5,850,951 pesos
- Acquisitions of goods without a selection procedure and breach of the contractual purpose: 11,547,236 pesos and 4,229,770 pesos
- Award to an unqualified contractor: 5,850,951 pesos
- Processes without evidence of advertising or registration on portals: 4,389,800 pesos
- Lack of planning of the works: 8,535,985,800 pesos
- Hidden defects in construction work: 438,715,007 pesos
- Works that show payments greater than those executed: 313,405,422 pesos
- Disbursements without invoices or supporting documents for the expense: 529,957,818 pesos
- Payments to invoices with the same tax receipt number: 5,150,922 pesos
- Deficiency in the performance and delimitation of functions and responsibilities: 1,274,404,975 pesos and 4,679,399 pesos
- Weaknesses and vulnerabilities found during the physical inspection: 348,299,904 pesos
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