The 15 members of the commission of Comptroller, the National Assembly endorsed the investigation and allegations of financial and administrative irregularities in CVG Minerven, in 2010 and 2011 also determined that the then President in the gold state, Luis Herrera Mendoza, has political responsibility for these remarks. _________________________

It took three years for the National Assembly (AN) is talking about corruption in one of the most important basic industries of the country, CVG Minerven. It was not until workers echo the complaints made deputies Andres Velasquez and Americo De Grazia, which has since been made investigating the case.

After giving procrastinated and before completion of the first legislative session of 2014, the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly finally gave space to discuss the report reveals corruption in state mining during 2010-2011 when the company was supervised by Luis Herrera Mendoza.

The report was unanimously adopted by the Standing Committee of the Comptroller. The case will go to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Comptroller General of the Republic, agencies responsible for establishing criminal penalties.

Deputy Andres Velasquez noted that not only the former president of Minerven has guilt in the case, and stated that the fact were added contractors who volunteered for the irregularities in the purchase process, without neglecting the responsibility that default had the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) by not taking up the matter with an obvious lack of production.

According to its annual report 2012, the Central Bank established an interagency technical November table (does not specify which agencies) in Puerto Ordaz, "The purpose of it is to serve and support the requirements regarding the sale of gold by the company Minerven to BCV and examine various aspects pertaining to national golden market, and outline financial leverage to gold production companies located in Bolivar State. "

"A company like Minerven, which was required to deliver its production to the Central Bank, and saw that there was production not know asked what was wrong, had to await the report of the workers themselves ... to default ... no accountability must be established what other connections there, "said the MP.

Premiums for buy
The report to the committee of the Comptroller of the AN shows that in 2010 and 2011, when Minerven required the acquisition of equipment and spares, from all suppliers presenting their offer, the company had a favorite: D & S Equipment Part, which was offering the higher purchase price.

In 2010, for example, five pieces Minerven required for shippers company, with priority given to the D & S Equipment Part CA, which bid for Bs. 580,735.40, while Meta Guiana SA offered by the parties Bs. 265,644.

That same year, he was also given priority to the D & S Equipment Part CA, which bid ASSY-9W1297 one Body, a replacement for the mining haul for Bs. 86,389.20, against the Phoenix Group supply AC Grunix material sold by Bs. 45,400.

Each purchase process this irregularity also violates Venezuelan laws not being this affiliated supplier to the National Register of Contractors State contracts indispensable requirement was repeated.

Nancy Ascencio, Caroni PSUV deputy and member of the committee, said that financial loss of 4 million 700 thousand bolivars premium product in some service orders and purchase Minerven estimated.

Without going too far, in the same archive of CVG Minerven rests document summary execution at year 2010. he realizes the low profitability of the company, among other reasons for the exchange rate regime (including purchases to parallel) dollar, inflation and bulging payroll.

The petty cash CVG Minerven budgeted end 2010 with 75,571,000 bolivars, but ended with 779,000 bolivars by "generated by the payment of contractual obligations and suppliers to obtain revenue disbursements were not achieved."

Illegal sale of gold
BCV is the institution responsible for the sale of gold CVG Minerven, because this is who gives the exclusivity of its production to the bank for their respective marketing, according to Presidential Decree 8413 on the re-nationalization of the industry gold.

The report presented to Parliament also reveals that "selling gold futures for individuals committed," said Velasquez, which is a crime and will be playing in Attorney review this situation. "This is not just any company ... Gold is the economic strength of the nation, its reserves are in gold," he added.

Ascencio said that the sale of gold, both nationally and internationally, was never consulted nor authorized by the BCV. Today's report will be plenary, to request political and administrative responsibilities.

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Open complaints

As for CVG Minerven in other basic industries have also made complaints about alleged corruption, have even gone to the Public Prosecutor's Office, as the company Ferrominera Orinoco.

Congresswoman Nancy Ascencio explained that in the first period of the AN 2014, the Commission closed 103 cases Comptroller of complaints from more than 130 who have received, including from previous years. Among those still open, mentioned two that are related to complaints and Ferrocasa Carbonorca CVG.