Transparency authority calls for firings and prosecutions

The Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (Antai) reported on Wednesday, February 8, that it recommended the firing of three officials for breaches of ethics and that two other cases of embezzlement have sent  to the Public Ministry.

“After carrying out the pertinent investigations, jurisdiction was declined to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutors of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, in two processes for the alleged commission of crimes against the public administration in its modality of embezzlement and corruption of public servants of the Authority of Transit and Land Transportation and the Institute for the Training and Use of Human Resources,” Antai reported in a statement.

The entity does not detail which cases these processes are related to.

On the other hand, Antai reported that the dismissal of three officials was recommended for violating the Uniform Code of Ethics for Public Servants.

It reports that these officials belong to the Panama Maritime Authority, the National Institute of Professional Training and Training for Human Development (Inadeh) and the Municipality of Chame.