OFF THE CUFF: The sky was the limit for government jaunts

GOVERNMENT HELICOPTER rentals in a four year period during the Martinelli era created a “possible economic damage” totaling $10,134,000, and many alleged business flights do not match civil aviation records.

 The news comes from the Comptroller General’s Office, through the Office of Investigations and Forensic Audit (DIAF),
According to the Comptroller, the possible injury corresponds to the aircraft charter services during the period 2010-2014, when contracts were handled by different state agencies.
However, says the report, the payment was made through the National Assistance Program (PAN), without evidence of the need for the services and in other cases, flight routes and times do not match records that lie with the Civil Aviation Authority “.
Comptroller General Federico Humbert said, “the company complied with conducting audits and indications of possible economic damage of more than $10 million dollars was found, and we have therefore have referred the report consists of 10 volumes and over 8,000 folios to anti-corruption prosecutors for investigations “.
He added that apart from the financial loss to the state also was avoided through preflight irregular executions required by Public Procurement Law 22 reports La Prensa.