Council of Ministers: Billions distributed without public procurement (OVERVIEW) – Politics – Bulgaria – NOVA News

Billions of levs from the state budget have been distributed without public procurement, the caretaker government announced. An inspection of the new ministers has shown that public companies have distributed nearly BGN 9 billion under the so-called “in-house” procedure. The expenses have been made in the last 2 years. GERB announced the government’s statement as a pre-election manipulation.

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Serious figures for payments without public procurement were presented by the caretaker government. For the period from the beginning of 2019 to April 30 this year, public companies have signed contracts for a little over BGN 20 billion. Of these, almost BGN 8.7 billion were distributed without public procurement. Infrastructure projects were mainly financed, with the most money given for the construction of the Hemus highway.

The finance minister has figured out what these billions correspond to and what they could have been used for.

“What we spend as a state – these are all pensions for 9 months. They are distributed to our companies without an order. There is no money from 2008 to update the pensions, but we have to distribute BGN 8 billion to companies without orders “, explained Asen Vassilev.

How and for what the billions in question have been distributed – BGN 188 million are allocated in advance through Motorways for the strengthening of landslides in 2019. The money is received by 30 companies, but the work is not done, the regional minister announced.

“Of all 84 landslides, we are talking about June 1, 2021, only one was worked on – this is the landslide at the Rila Monastery,” said Komitova.

The same happens in 2020 with BGN 976 million for the Hemus highway.

“Here again, the money was handed over by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works to RIA and Avtomagistrali EAD – without public procurement under the guise of the so-called” in house “procedure,” added Minister Komitova. The ministers assured that the construction of the highway will not stop.

“These are loopholes in the law that allow for huge funding without tenders,” Kutev explained.

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It was the financing of the construction of “Hemus” yesterday that gave a new reason to the former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov for a dispute with the current rulers.

“I can’t believe if they did that – to stop the money for Hemus, which we provided to make sure. It is important for Shumen, Targovishte, Sevlievo, Gabrovo – they have done us the greatest service. “Tomorrow, if there is a civil society, they have to go out and stone them,” he said.

The state consolidation company, which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, paid BGN 182 million without a tender for the design and construction of a government complex in Sofia Tech Park.

“Why do we need 90,000 square meters of office building? The second question is why such a building should be placed in Sofia Tech Park, where innovations should be developed, asked the Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov.

It remains to be seen whether there is an option to return some of the advance payments to the budget. However, this can also be complicated by the performance contracts themselves.

“These contracts have been advanced in advance, ie huge sums have been paid on them, without any work done and in many cases without bank guarantees. Which means that if the company does not fulfill its contract, the chance that we will be able to get our money back is almost zero “, explained Asen Vassilev.

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And the question of whether it could be corruption was redirected to former Prime Minister Borissov.

“If anyone has to answer whether this leads to corruption, whether it has led to corruption, whether someone has taken bribes, it is Borissov. He has to say that, not us. Borissov must be responsible for all the money spent ahead, with which they could work miracles, “said government spokesman Anton Kutev.

GERB sent a position to NOVA, in which they defined the data presented today by the cabinet as “pre-election manipulation of Rumen Radev’s pre-election headquarters”. They also ask why unproven accusations are made every day instead of being referred to the competent authorities.

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