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SANTO DOMINGO.- Just while Dominicans were minding the presidential transition process , ex canals and dams agency (Indrhi) director Frank Rodriguez was preparing to sign contracts worth millions, reports diariolibre.com.
It said at least two of them with the same person, Angel Rondon Rijo, whose actions in the country has been questioned, and have been even brought to trial.
Right on 9 July the head Indrhi signed a contract with Consultoress & Contratistas (Conamsa), represented by Rondón, worth more than RD$61.0 million, for a canal at the Camu River, La Vega, and the construction of retaining walls at Montellano, Puerto Plata, in the areas of El Tamarindo, La Policia, Ls Mangos, Los Perez and Buen Pan
The outlets reports that as part of the agreement the agency had to advance amount of 12 percent of the contract value of RD$61.3 million, or RD$12.2 million. Under the agreement, Conamsa was to conclude the work within 12 months.
Just nine days after signing that agreement, the Indrhi signed another contract with the same company and its representative, this time for RD$19.5 million.
The works were a retaining wall at the Maimon riverbank, in Laguna Nisibón and the repairs to the dike La Mina de Oro, in the same area. Of the total amount, RD$16.8 million would be for the construction of the wall and the other RD$2.7 million was for work on the dam.
The rush to sign contracts during the transition period at the State-owned power companies CDEEE, was also denounced by the local media.
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Well.....LaDeeDah LaDeeDah
Let's us be realistic and worldly. No matter what culture, country, political persuasion; officials and government agencies use the fog of government transition to push through agendas that favor them and cronies; agendas that would otherwise be placed on the back burner or placed in file 13 through normal government processes.
Why should it be no different here ?
In some but no all cases there is a benefit to it.
All work in public offices slowed down like molasses during the election for months for the general public while the taxpayer paid public "servants" were out campaigning during work hours. Yet the hopefully to be indicted criminals did not miss a beat in putting their hands in the cookie jar!
Saint Celso may have some "SPLAING" to do as well!
(Contract Compliance) The latter assures the project does not have short cuts and follows exactly the propper Engineer's Standards & Guide Lines,with (starting & finishing project dates), non of these would had occurred.
As hernandez5482 points out above.
If any one has a complaint with the tender process you simply go to the audit office . There are very few times any minister can interfere with the process and these times are outlined in the law and include things like the proclaiming of a national emergancy