:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/BEDOOG7DXJH4TJ2PJVVJERQ7W4.jpg "A history of the bribery of the company building Peru's central highway, Tina Polwart's landmark work")
EggThe company in charge of construction of the new central highway, an ambitious project that seeks to decongest the only paved road that connects Lima to the country's heartland, has an extensive dossier of bribery. The statement was released on Friday Hildebrand was thirteen years old.
The construction company that makes the President's legacy project possible In BoluarteThe largest public program in the country's history, with an allocation of $6.185 million, was condemned for corruption. Panama, India, Algeria and Gabon.
This registration also cost entry to the list of disqualified companies by the World Bank (pm) And this Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The agreement was signed with France under the “Government to Government” system during the administration of former President Francisco Sagasti (2020-2021).
and administration Emmanuel Macron According to the government's projections, it was chosen to carry out the work, which will allow a faster and more efficient connection to the Jorge Chavez International Airport, the port of Kalaw and the future megaport Sanke.
On January 4th, weeks before production A solid engineering course (EDI), the French company signed a compromise agreement with the IDB in which it admitted to paying bribes to Panamanian officials in exchange for the delivery of the works. The case is under investigation and currently, Egg He admitted to buying an officer for $16,000.
In the Central African country of Gabon, he paid eight million euros in bribes to Pascaline Bongo, the daughter and senior adviser of then-President Omar Bongo. These incidents took place between 2009 and 2011. Among the accused are three of the company's senior executives, the Investigative Journal reported, citing court documents.
There is already a conviction in the third corruption case. In 2019, Egg He accepted bribes to win a contract to redevelop Oran (Algeria) airport, in a case involving the country's transport minister. To cover up the bribe, a consulting contract was simulated with an offshore company located in the Virgin Islands.
In 2018, the World Bank sanctioned the company's subsidiary in Indonesia with a 15-month ban for “fraudulent practice” because it provided false information about “highly specialized personnel” to implement a road climate resilience project. In 2020, it also issued a statement to announce that it had decided to allow its headquarters in India for its operations.Corruption and Fraud” in two highway projects.
The face of Egg She is an administrator in Peru Natalia Rey de Castro, former personal assistant to former governor Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and former adviser to the Commission for Reconstruction with Changes (ARCC). On the new central highway, the French are in charge of the “Project Management Office” (PMO), from the design of the road to the contracting of construction companies that will lay the asphalt, which requires numerous viaducts and tunnels. Crossing the Andes, its geography and orography are complex and capricious.
Before the press made the file public, the company released a statement that said “the companies involved in the incident (corruption in Panama) do not work in the management of projects for which the PMO Vias is responsible in Peru.” And it has “zero tolerance for any ethical violations.”
The future route will be 136 kilometers long, on two roads with two lanes each. This will be a new alternative to the status quo. Central RoadThe only artery through which food and other essentials are supplied to the capital is from the hills and central forests, which lie on the other side. Andes.
