2024-05-28 07:04:39
Of 35 ministers and secretaries of President Daniel Noboa’s cupboard, 24 have shareholdings in several corporations. They’re joined by the primary woman, Lavinia Valbonesi.
The current scandal over the Olón case difficult President Daniel Noboa’s cupboard and recalled that the connections between sure ministers and the President, in lots of instances, are long-standing and should contain personal corporations or their shareholders.
The corporate Vinazin SA, of which Noboa himself was a shareholder, is now owned by his spouse, Lavinia Valbonesi. And this, in flip, employed the present Ministers of the Inside, Mónica Palencia, and of Vitality, Roberto Luque, to reform their statutes and perform the feasibility examine of their newest actual property mission, respectively.
All of this occurred earlier than they turned authorities and earlier than these businessmen and professionals joined the general public sector payroll. Moreover, there aren’t any legal guidelines stopping public officers from holding shares in personal corporations.
However the controversy reached such a magnitude that the Prosecutor’s Workplace opened a preliminary investigation ex officio and, lastly, amid accusations of alleged affect peddling to acquire permits, Vinazin gave up finishing up the development.
Nevertheless, cupboard members in workplace till December 18, 2023 needed to submit a declaration of battle of curiosity to the Comptroller’s Workplace. Since at the moment the Code of Ethics promulgated by Guillermo Lasso was in power. PRIMICIAS consulted the Comptroller’s Workplace which of the senior officers had introduced this documentation, together with their sworn asset declaration, however till the closing of this version there was no response.
In any case, the rules had been reformed on December 19, when President Daniel Noboa himself eradicated mentioned obligation, after which revoked the whole Code of Ethics on February 23.
In the meantime, in keeping with the data of the Superintendency of Firms till Could 10, of the 35 ministers and secretaries of State, 24 have shares in 95 corporations, though some are within the technique of cancellation. Added to those officers is the First Woman, who has shareholdings in three corporations.
The official with shares in probably the most corporations is the Minister of Agriculture, Franklin Palacios
Of the 36 Authorities figures (together with the First Woman) analyzed by PRIMICIAS, solely 11 shouldn’t have shares in any firm. Though three did have them beforehand: Gian Carlo Loffredo, Saida Rovira and Marissa Péndola.
Supply: PRIMICIAS