Comptroller’s Office found irregularities and cost overruns



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The Comptroller de Bogotá, in its most recent report, indicates that it made 86 findings on the hiring of the Metro. Blu Radio states that, of these, 45 are administrative, 38 are disciplinary, 2 would have criminal consequences and one would be of a fiscal nature.

The entity’s document indicates that, during one of the selection processes (GT-GCCD-101-2019), the Bogotá Metro Company “Did not perform an analysis of essential planning elements which they based on the market study, sector analysis and previous studies, directing the hiring ”.

This anomaly, details the Comptroller, would represent an additional cost of 1,048,223,400 pesos and it would mean a violation of the principles of state contracting and the constitutional principles of the administrative function.

A “targeted selection” of the controller

The Comptroller’s Office said that the audit team found that the analysis of the sector to choose an auditor includes, “as a market survey, the experience of the selected proponent KONFIRMA, not knowing that they are previous documents ”.

For the organism, this it presumes a directed selection so the principle of transparency is affected.

The document, quoted by Blu Radio, states that “the selection of this contractor should have been based on criteria of objectivity, neutrality and clarity of the technical, legal, economic and financial conditions, which allows an objective choice of the ideal contractor that offers the best offer. favorable to the interests of the Administration ”.

The reactions of the detractors to the elevated meter

Hollman Morris, rival of Claudia Lopez in the mayoral elections, he said in Citynoticias that the process has been flawed and he went to hand over the project to a tied firm.

The former councilor added that “Is doing politics with headlines”, but not with facts, so he questioned the progress in the mega-project.

On the other hand, in relation to the extension of the Metro line, the president of the Council, Carlos Fernando Galán, had said that the debt quota that the administration has is insufficient and that more than 4 billion pesos remain pending.

For now the Bogotá Metro Company has not replied to the Comptroller’s report for the irregularities found.

The details of the findings of the Comptroller’s Office (from minute 19:50):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2BJlbZDQjY



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