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07-04-2012, 12:20 PM
The Council of Ministers of Haiti has announced the revocation of 39 construction contracts awarded during the emergency period that followed the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The contracts for the reconstruction of parliament and the rehabilitation of the area of a former airport were confirmed, as reported in Listin Diario. The measure affects Dominican companies that had benefitted from the contracts. Earlier this year, TV journalist Nuria Piera revealed that millions in contract work had been allocated to Dominican senator Felix Bautista, a close aide of President Leonel Fernandez. The contracts had been awarded without public tenders. The decision was reached at a meeting chaired by President Michel Martelly. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe presented a report by a commission set up by former prime minister Garry Conille that recommended the cancellation of contracts for which disbursements had not yet been made.
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