Dispute between the Haitian State and the company PREBLE-RISH HAITI: the BMPAD welcomes the investigation and hopes that it will be carried out impartially
On Friday, August 16, 2024, the Director General of the Office for the Monetization of Development Aid Programs (BMPAD), Mr. Fils Aimé Ignace Saint Fleur, answered questions from investigators from the Anti-Corruption Unit, as part of the ongoing investigation into the dispute between the Haitian State and the company PREBLE-RISH HAITI.
A press release from the BMPAD dated Monday, August 19, 2024 informs that DG Ignace Saint Fleur demonstrated to investigators of theULCC that his administration worked with complete transparency and in compliance with the laws of the Republic, while reassuring of its availability and willingness to provide all useful additional documents and information that could support the facts and re-establish the truth.
“The Director General also explained to the ULCC investigators that he had done everything, within the limits of his prerogatives, to preserve the higher interests of the Haitian State in this matter. This is why he did not authorize any payment that did not comply with the prices indicated in the minutes of the opening of the tenders of April 30, 2020, signed by all the members of the tender opening committee as well as by all the bidders of the petroleum products order contract, including the official representative of PREBLE-RISH HAITI who won the public contract and published on the official website of the BMPAD“
Further, the BMPAD specifies in this press release that given the stakes and the importance of this case for the country, it is permissible to hope that the work of the investigators is carried out with the greatest possible professionalism, rigor and impartiality, within the limits of legality and decency, so that the Haitian people can emerge victorious from all maneuvers seeking to bring them to their knees.
It should be recalled that on its X account, the Anti-Corruption Unit had informed that on Saturday, July 27, 2024, sworn agents of the institution had searched the premises of the Office for the Monetization of Development Aid Programs (BMPAD). In this operation, investigators had affixed seals and seized documents necessary for their investigation.
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