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The Attorney General’s Office sanctioned the governor of Vichada, Álvaro Arley León Flórez, with suspension from office for a term of four months. due to irregularities in the contract for the delivery of markets to vulnerable populations, to attend the emergency caused by COVID-19.
At the same time it was suspended For a six-month term, the operational technician Code 314, Grade 04 of Government Purchases and Supplies, Cicerón González García.
The control body indicated that León Flórez failed to fulfill its functions by allowing the signing of the Purchase Agreement No. 366 of 2020, without verifying compliance with the required requirements.
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In the same way allowed cost overruns of more than 300 million pesos, a conduct with which it violated the principles of economy, planning and responsibility.
The legal business of April 3, 2020 was aimed at “The acquisition of basic markets for the vulnerable population of the municipalities of Puerto Carreño, Cumaribo, La Primavera and Santa Rosalía, in urban and rural areas in the framework of the covid-19 pandemic in the department of Vichada”, worth $ 1,714’041,000.
The entity was able to establish that for each market Unjustified and inconvenient costs were added, such as the AIU (Determined Values for Administration, Contingencies and Profit), municipal taxes, packaging, storage, cargo and logistics.
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This situation generated an extra cost of $ 312’103,470, as a consequence of poor planning in the pre-contractual stage.
For the Attorney General, the governor did not advance the required control of administrative action to reduce and / or avoid negative effects on public assets, given the special conditions of national economic, social and ecological emergency.
In relation to Cicerón González García, the Public Ministry found him responsible of not fulfilling the assigned functions, because it did not establish the reasonable cost that the administration should pay for the acquisition of the goods and services.
As a purchasing technician It did not analyze, nor did it examine the quotes to obtain a real cost of each market, which would allow it to validate the most favorable prices for the government and avoid negative effects on the public heritage of the region.
The first instance ruling was appealed by the defense of the two investigated.
