An investigation conducted last year led to Vinicio Chavez present this friday a objection against Ministry of Sportsentity that would be created under the command of Sebastián Palacios “possible acts of corruption in the development of the Hincha de mi Barrio project”.

Chávez, president of the Chimborazo Taekwondo Federation and another member of the National Sports Federation of Ecuador, went to the Attorney General’s Office to present “Complaint against the minister Sebastian Palacios according to the year-long investigation.”

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“We have determined that there are possible corrupt practices”which they tried to identify “through various information verification actions, but we did not find answers”, he said.

Among the actions mentioned above is a requested through the National Assembly to “submit all this information, the issue of users, investment, implementation and points where the Hincha de mi Barrio project develops, but unfortunately “The assembly was dissolved (May) and this request remained in the air.”

“We are continuing this investigation and We asked for information from the Minister of Sports, but we did not receive an answer. which led us to take a court proceedings related to access to information of public importanceIn this sense, the judge ordered that all this information be submitted; however, Specific data on the names of the users and the places where this sports implementation was delivered were not provided.therefore, we hope that the prosecutor’s office will take action regarding this investigation,” Chávez said.

“AND an investment of 9.7 million in the Hincha de mi Barrio project, a large sum of money that could be awarded to our athletes who are fighting to be able to go to their international competitions, which is not happening because the budget of sports organizations (associations) was withdrawn necessary, something that It is killing the sport at the national level. We are not against developing projects where children are the beneficiaries, that would be the best, but what if there are no fields where the project is developed, if the technicians are not on the field or if the realization has not arrived. That’s why we believe that The economic resources of the country would be affected and therefore embezzlement would take place which must be investigated.“, said the manager.

Fan of my Neighborhood was introduced in February with the intention of “getting children interested in principles and values ​​to keep them away from life’s risks”, said the President of the Republic at the launch of this initiative, which is part of the alliance with the Fútbol Más Foundation.

‘Persecution’

To your questions about the work of the Ministry of Sports, Chávez also denounced personal “persecution”. But “We will not be intimidated,” said the manager, “because we are trying to win.” the economic resources of Ecuadorians are well invested, not capricious but a finger”.

“I was an athlete and this leads us to defend the rights of athletes as we have always done, now even more because This problem requires a lot of thinking about what is happening in the Ministry of Sports“, concluded the former judo representative. (D)