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05-05-2009, 06:20 PM
Former employees of the National Hydraulic Resources Institute (INDRHI) are complaining of nepotism and violations of the law at the department that oversees dam operation and construction. Director Hector Rodriguez Pimentel is a high-ranking PRSC politician who has allied with the PLD government. Listin Diario reports that the case is being audited by the Chamber of Accounts, whose president is also a well-known PRSC politician.
Former employees Mercedes Solis, Omar Chevalier and Mario Espinosa allege that over 30 of persons related to the director were on the payroll, costing the institution more than RD$1 million a month, while rendering no service.
In a letter to the Chamber of Accounts dated 29 April, the former employees say that equipment purchased by the department never reached its intended users, and other equipment was purchased two or three times, as reported in Listin Diario. They also complained that expenses such as living in a hotel, traveling accompanied by several persons who did not render a service or purchasing goods for personal use should not have been made with a credit card paid for by INDRHI. They also complain that the director of the department has repeatedly violated Law 340-06 that requires tenders for granting public works contracts.
Rodriguez dismissed the charges as "gossip."
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Former employees Mercedes Solis, Omar Chevalier and Mario Espinosa allege that over 30 of persons related to the director were on the payroll, costing the institution more than RD$1 million a month, while rendering no service.
In a letter to the Chamber of Accounts dated 29 April, the former employees say that equipment purchased by the department never reached its intended users, and other equipment was purchased two or three times, as reported in Listin Diario. They also complained that expenses such as living in a hotel, traveling accompanied by several persons who did not render a service or purchasing goods for personal use should not have been made with a credit card paid for by INDRHI. They also complain that the director of the department has repeatedly violated Law 340-06 that requires tenders for granting public works contracts.
Rodriguez dismissed the charges as "gossip."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)