Africa-Press – Cape verde. The invitation made to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Olavo Correia, to preside over the activities of the “Day of the Court of Auditors” is censored by the staff of that institution, who consider that this commemorative act “is not a party convention” , MPD. They also denounce situations of favoritism and violation of the Constitution of the Republic by the TdC’s panel of judges.
In a denunciation letter addressed to the President of the Republic, with the knowledge of the president and judges, the Court of Auditors (TdC), the General Directorate and Labor Inspection and the Ethics Committee of the TdC, the employees of that intuition of financial control of the State consider that this act commemorative should not be used to “please, pay homage to the feudal lords, inviting in a completely inopportune and inappropriate way to open the celebrations a person involved in controversy regarding the Environment and Tourism Funds”.
They recall that Olavo Correia disclosed several times in the media that the aforementioned reports had been forwarded to the TdC and, therefore, they understand that this court “should remain distant so as not to be connoted with such a figure”.
On the other hand, TdC officials cite the law prohibiting advantages to remind that “it is objectionable to request to suggest, provoke or receive, for oneself or for others, even on festive occasions, any type of financial aid, gratuity, commission, donation, advantage, gifts or advantages of any nature, from a natural or legal person interested in the server’s activity”.
Violation of the Constitution and tailor-made contests
TdC officials also denounce the violation of the Constitution of the Republic, with regard to the principle of equality. They cite what they consider to be a violation of the Code of Ethics of the TdC, noting that the referred code applies to the directors of that court, regardless of their bond.
“It is shameful how someone in the TdC has been privileged, benefited, by the TdC health board, for several years working from home, allegedly due to health issues, but participates in all leisure activities and commemoration of the TdC”, denounce.
According to the same source, other TdC employees with “serious” health problems have not been treated in the same way and have not even been presented to the court’s health board, “since it seems that a health board was created in the court by the president and director-general, who supposedly puts anyone they want into telework”.
The aforementioned letter also denounces situations of tailor-made competitions, “forged, with the appointment of unqualified jury members, to favor party militants”.
They also denounce the case of the current technical director in whose test of knowledge “she obtained a classification of seven values”, but which, according to the complainants, “was rounded up to 14 values”, in order to be able to occupy the position, “where she is a mere decorative figure , because technical work at TdC has never been so abandoned”.
“The director of the president’s office, curiously participated in many recruitment competitions for the TdC, without ever getting enough classification, but, miraculously, with the current president, she managed to enter the career of auditors of the Court of Auditors”.
They also report that, in the internal career promotion competition, the director-general “is both a competitor and an intervening entity in the competition procedures, so the National Directorate of Public Administration should supervise the performance of the competitions”.
mismanagement
TdC staff claim that the current and administrative management of that court, “in addition to being harmful, is disastrous and negligent”. They also cite situations of lack of hygiene in the work environment and disrespect towards workers, namely in relation to career promotions, “whose competition has already lasted for more than a year, with all legal deadlines exhausted”.
In relation to tenders, the decree-law that establishes the principle of celerity indicates that “the entities involved in the tendering procedures covered by the scope of this diploma must adopt all the measures within their reach to ensure their initiation, processing and conclusion as quickly as possible. and within the legally established deadlines”.
They also denounce the meteoric rise of the office director, appointed to, in substitution and accumulation, for the position of director of the Planning and Quality Control office. “From an intern to office director and from office director to planning and quality control office director”.
“Across the world, quality control is carried out by people with recognized and proven professional experience, adequate academic and professional training and with political-party neutrality, and not by interns”, emphasizes the complaint.
The TdC staff finally consider that there is a situation of incompatibility in the accumulation of a position of appointment based on political trust with a position of quality control, “where impartiality and neutrality are required”. This situation, according to the same source, violates TdC’s code of ethics.
NAÇÃO tried to contact the president of the Court of Auditors, João da Cruz Silva, in order to hear his version of the facts, but without success. Our several phone calls, the last of which was made yesterday, Wednesday, were not answered.
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