The mayor of Quito, Santiago Guarderas, confirmed this Thursday morning, February 17, which It was already notified by the Comptroller General of the State about the complaint filed against him for alleged participation in a law firm in Panamaa country declared a tax haven for Ecuador.
The complaint was filed last week by the lawyer and university professor Alexander Rhodes, who maintains that Guarderas broke the law being a partner of Quevedo & Ponce, a firm dedicated to real estate issues in Panama.
According to Rodas, the mayor was denounced for alleged legal non-compliance in the Comptroller. He also presented at Pichincha Prosecutor’s Office an accusation for alleged crime of perjury.
However, regarding the latter, Santiago Guarderas did not confirm having been notified yet.
“These are issues that they are not discussed in the media; this is done in the competent bodies, before which I will exercise the right to defense. Due process will be applied and the whole truth will come to light,” Guarderas emphasized.
Emergency care
Over one alert issued by the Inamhi about the rains recorded at the end of January, one of them on Monday 31, which generated a flood and caused 28 deaths, the mayor denied having been put on alert. He pointed out that the forecast by Inamhi was around 25 liters per square meter, not the 75 that were reported in the La Comuna area, north center of the capital.
He also pointed out that this was corroborated by the Central University report.
On broken cartsaffected by the Monjas River, in the north of the city, Guarderas pointed out that they have a plan that is being developed with the companies Epmaps, Epmmop and the Secretary of Security.
However, he stressed that they are medium and long-term measures that will not be seen in the coming days, such as the rocking and early warning systems.
Regarding the construction of a housing complex in the sector, he said that no permit has been issued in your administration. Finally, he argued that there will be expropriations and that they have already notified two people that they will have to leave the place to build in unapproved areas. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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