Commissioner Ronalth Ochaeta said on Wednesday that they have referred these cases, from five institutions, to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. He did not detail what transactions or portfolios they are in.
On Wednesday, April 7, the head of the International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador, Ronalth Ochaeta, stated that they have sent to the Prosecutor’s Office “12 warnings of possible wrongdoing in state portfolios.”
Ochaeta did not detail which institutions they are, the type of wrongdoing they have detected or in which transactions they have been identified, but said that this is part of the cooperation agreements that the Commission has with the Attorney General’s Office. (FGR).
On March 16 this year, the Prosecutor’s Office provided the Center for Anti-Corruption Legal Advice (ALAC-Fon) with information on three warnings received from the International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES), nine fewer than yesterday mentioned the commissioner.
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All cases referred until March are for alleged illicit negotiations and are under investigation. At that time, it was also not detailed which public institutions were involved in the illicit assumptions.
Wilson Sandoval, of ALAC-Fon, told El Diari d’Avui that while it is not known for sure what cases, institutions or officials it is, it is likely to refer to “the current government.”
“The problem is that from January to date, we no longer know if the CICIES came to know about municipalities, which is one of its objectives. But there is no evidence to suggest that they are knowing outside the Executive, given that it is with whom it has agreed work agreements, “Sandoval explained.
He calls for legal reforms
Commissioner Ochaeta said yesterday that “the fight against corruption in favor of transparency and accountability of officials is essential for the governance and development of the country.”
Therefore, he stated that “the conditions must be created for a new legal architecture that prevents and punishes corruption, as well as the political will to approve it.”
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The main point to be reformed, he said, is to strengthen the prevention of corruption, which in his view is less costly than pursuing it. The CICIES has also presented reform proposals such as the ability to be a complainant in anti-corruption cases.
In addition, civil society organizations have proposed endowing the Commission’s framework with legislative endorsement and greater independence. This has had the support of US congressmen, who could pledge funds to strengthen it.
However, yesterday Nayib Bukele said that this strengthening initiative at CICIES will not prosper.