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04-22-2009, 06:00 PM
Vice President of the State-run Electricity Companies Radhames Segura has announced the dismissal of Marcos Lara and his team, including all high-ranking employees of the government institution. Lara served as director of the Blackout Reduction Program (PRA) until he came under fire for alleged corruption. Lara's dismissal followed an investigative TV report by Nuria Peria, revealing irregularities in his administration of the PRA. Segura announced that Lara would receive no pay after his dismissal and that a temporary commission would be appointed to run the PRA. Speaking at a press conference, Segura said that an audit of the PRA had begun on 10 March and the results would be handed over to the Department for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption, the Chamber of Accounts and the Comptroller's Department. "If the audit finds that Lara or any of his colleagues should be tried for their actions then they should pay the consequences without full support". Segura said that rumors about Lara's corruption had been circulating for several weeks and that Lara had been using public money to build a church. It was also rumored that he was in the habit of asking employees for donations to his church. There have also been allegations of nepotism during Lara's administration.
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