The Petapa Avenue overpass undertaking might have had delays on account of varied causes detected in a verification by the Comptroller Normal of Accounts (CGC), which started in November 2023 and is regarding to conclude. The outcomes will likely be made official by the aforementioned establishment.
The work was awarded for an preliminary quantity of Q82 million 568 thousand 852.57, however throughout the audit verification work there have been findings that would impression authorized and administrative actions.
The undertaking was paralyzed as a result of the corporate claims that it doesn’t have the monetary sources to proceed, even supposing on Might 23, 2022, the undertaking was awarded to Mario Alejandro Ceballos Sosa, proprietor of the Cebco firm.
The verification exposes a number of work suspensions, which prevented compliance with the settlement signed by the corporate.
Additionally, there was no rigorous supervision of the Solidarity Fund (Fodes), which even with the delay approved eight advances for Cebco.
The agency employed to oversee Cebco, Ovarq, requested an extension for the work, which was accepted even supposing progress was not reported periodically.
The undertaking included a rise within the preliminary negotiation quantity by Q16 million 495 thousand 309.75, on account of redesign of the undertaking, and in August 2023 the work was suspended once more on account of obvious felony acts.
Lastly, the verification states that the mandatory personnel weren’t out there to oversee the undertaking, the delay of which has an impression on the mobility of individuals heading to zone 21, Villa Nueva, Villa Canales and San Miguel Petapa.
Roosevelt Causeway Mission
The entity that received the million-dollar contract for the Petapa overpass undertaking shouldn’t be the primary settlement it has had with state entities.
He’s additionally in command of the Roosevelt Causeway overpass undertaking, which, in the identical manner, was stopped.
Building started on January 1, 2022, for an preliminary quantity of Q44 million 956 thousand 501.84, nevertheless it has elevated, exceeding Q48 million.
In response to the Guatecompras portal, the corporate, from 2022 up to now, has obtained contracts for Q190 million 848 thousand 475.41.
Deputy José Stylish, from the Will, Alternative and Solidarity (Vos) bloc, questioned the best way by which the corporate will observe up on the opposite initiatives, indicating that there’s work by that agency in Sololá and Suchitepéquez.
Dismiss complaints
The Minister of Communications, Jazmín de la Vega, just lately reported within the Congress of the Republic that the corporate in command of viaduct initiatives at key factors within the central division doesn’t have the monetary solvency to proceed with the works.
“About two weeks in the past they went to Fodes and so they stated that they didn’t have cash to pay the payroll, to purchase supplies, that the corporate had declared chapter. That was what they acknowledged within the ministry,” stated the official.
De la Vega acknowledged how undertaking redesigns and advance funds body the undertaking that started with the earlier administration, and conditions had been detected that increase doubts.
“They got an advance for Q29 million within the case of Petapa, which is the most costly, because it prices Q99 million, and the advance was by no means repaid. The advance fee was by no means deducted, solely the estimates had been paid,” he stated.
However regardless of these practices, the official dominated out submitting any criticism with the Public Ministry (MP), arguing that they have to first exhaust one other avenue.
“What proceeds is, in accordance with what the legislation permits us, to request the appliance of the efficiency bond (…) First we’ve got to exhaust the authorized avenue. I can not report if I’ve authorized administrative components that I’ve to adjust to,” he indicated.
However the CGC is regarding to warn that the bond for the achievement of the contract already expired on December 31, as verified within the doc CJFSS-502-2024/EM. The above might complicate the authorized battle for the Communications portfolio.
The Presidential Fee towards Corruption acknowledged by way of its head, Santiago Palomo, that the scenario is “worrying.” In the intervening time, they aren’t considering submitting complaints both and are ready to see how Communications offers with the matter.
“I had a name with the Minister of Communications. It’s a worrying scenario, which demonstrates the vital state by which we discover the establishments,” stated Palomo.
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