The report by thee special investigative commission of the Congress that recommends the Attorney General of Public Ethics (PEP) to investigate Luis Guillermo Solís again for breach of duty of probity in the case of cementazo will be discussed and voted by the Legislative Plenary next Monday.
This was announced on Wednesday by the president of Congress, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, who explained that the Plenary session will be extended that day for the discussion of that report, but if at 7 pm it has not concluded, it will be terminated and the voting will proceed.
According to the affirmative majority opinion, the PEP exempted Solis -then President of the Republic – for breaching the duty of probity without investigating him, despite the fact that the special commission of the Legislative Assembly that investigated the case concluded that the former prseident did committed ethical faults.
The report indicates that the Attorney General’s Office did not make any further investigation to clarify the role of Solís in the case of cementazo, who was even referred to as the “Big Chief” by officials of his administration.
In addition, he made it clear that there was direct interference by the Presidential House in efforts to favor Juan Carlos Bolaños, who imported the Chinese cement with a credit of $31 million irregularly granted by the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR).
But, in addition, it contains accusations to the exprocurator of Public Ethics, Rónald Víquez, for not deepening the investigation against Solís and for the way in which the report was notified to the Legislative Assembly, which prevented outgoing legislators and the new ones from appealing the document in the established term.
The document also recommends informing the Attorney General of the Republic about the irregular proceeding of Solís and the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, as well as of the Governing Council, in both administrations, in the suspension and dismissal agreements, respectively, of members of the Board of Directors of the BCR who denounced the cementazo.