On Monday night, legislators approved the affirmative majority report from the Public Expenditure and Income Commission that sends the investigation to the Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the fiscal hole of ¢900 billion.
Only nine congressmen – all from the PAC – tried to avoid that end.
The vote was given after four and a half hours of discussion. Emilia Navas is asked to
open a criminal case with these facts [in the report] that could be crimes and have Luis Guillermo Solís as a signatory party of the Ordinary Budget Law, as well as Helio Fallas, who served as Minister of Finance.”
Likewise, they request an investigation against Martha Cubillo, National Treasurer, Marjorie Morera and Julio Espinoza, former director of the Public Credit Department of the Ministry of Finance.
The lawmakers also recommend to open the corresponding administrative processes as well as the creation of a mechanism that allows to include a contingency plan in the automatic payment system to stop the payments or review the legislative authorization prior to making them.
Another observation in the report seeks a collaboration between the Legislative Assembly and the Attorney General of the Republic to identify regulatory gaps that are allowing impunity for officials who commit acts harmful to the Treasury.
However, the legislator also ask the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic to disqualify Solís and Fallas for four years, and the political parties not to take them into account for eight years
given that they have no moral or professional competence, to hold public office after what happened.”
The discussion focused on defending and pointing out the former president and the former minister, about whether or not they had responsibility for not budgeting the missing ¢ 900 billion needed to pay debt maturities.
On the other hand, Víctor Morales and Paola Vega, from the PAC recalled that this fiscal gap was not a theft, but Pablo Heriberto Abarca from PUSC pointed out that although it was not a robbery,
they are useless.”