Investigation into $8 million scholarship election bonanza

AN INVESTIGATION has been opened into the delivery of over 20,000 “scholarships” by the Martinelli government during the election campaign.

It follows revelations from Yesenia Rodriguez, director of the Institute for Training and Human Resources Development (IFARHU), of the uncovering of a number of irregularities in the delivery of grants during the previous administration Electoral prosecutor Eduardo Penaloza I has launched an official investigation.
Speaking to La Prensa, Rodriguez said last week that a total of 20 ,534 scholarships were awarded “excessively” in the first six months of this year, in the midst of the election campaign.
The grants represented an outlay of $8 million. She sent a notification to Penaloza August14.
He said that in view of the complaint “The Electoral Attorney General has decided to make appropriate inquiries to clarify the above possibility,” and he asked for “all information held by IFARHU”
The Electoral Tribunal and is conducting an investigation on providing scholarships for campaign, as part of the 14 challenges to proclaimed CD deputies.