Three glossed by Refinería del Pacífico submitted appeals for review

The Office of the Comptroller General of the State reported that two former officials of the state-owned Petroecuador and the company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) filed appeals for review of the civil and administrative sanctions determined by this body within the management audit of planning, costs of operation and maintenance and the current status of the project Refinería del Pacífico Eloy Alfaro, and the signing and execution of the Framework Agreement between the Ecuadorian State, the State Petroleum Company of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, in the Refinería del Pacífico Eloy Alfaro RDP, a mixed economy company, in liquidation and related entities.

The review appeal is the last legal action left to the auditees to present their discharges. For this they have 60 days from the notification. In the event that they do not do so, the entity issues the credit titles for collection. In other words, they are still continuing with due process, the institution indicated.

The former officials, whose identities have not been made public, presented their legal actions on October 22; while PDVSA did it on the 26th.

The report on the Pacific Refinery was approved last August 28; covered the period from January 1, 2013 to April 15, 2019.

The document pointed out, among other issues, that “there were actions and omissions of those administered, who did not carry out the management and monitoring, nor did they take the appropriate actions regarding the progress, status and continuity of the Pacific Refinery Project.”

And that “by not carrying out the construction of the refining complex, which is the object of the established project, the State was harmed by the value of civil liability, that is, 1,223′046,517.51”.

Also that the complementary works that were executed “to date do not provide the service for which they were carried out, they did not contribute to the fulfillment of the company’s statutory objective, works that are inactive and without maintenance, because the refining complex does not it was built, evidencing the lack of planning for the execution of the project ”.

As a result of the investigation, a gloss was established for $ 1,223′046,517.51 against former Vice President Jorge Glas and former Petroecuador officials, including Pedro Merizalde, Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli, Álex Bravo, Marco Calvopiña, Bismark Andrade, and the Venezuelan PDVSA.

Administrative sanctions for $ 47,960 were also approved against ten public officials, including those already listed and the former State Attorney, Diego García. There are another 21 in the predetermination stage (that is, they are under analysis) for an amount of $ 80,430, the Comptroller said. (I)