Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
In the last part of the initial hearing of the case christened as mobile hospitals, the former director of Strategic Investments in Honduras (Invest-H) Marco Bográn testified before the court in Honduras.
The former official referred to the negotiation process and administrative procedures that ended with the unsuccessful acquisition of the seven mobile hospitals.
During his presentation, Bogran said he is not their fault (Invest-H) that the country’s health system has collapsed.
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“It’s a witch hunt,” Bogran said of the indictment because, according to him, both the government cabinet and the National Congress approved a series of acquisitions and emergency decrees amid the covid-19 pandemic, so he requested that those officials are being investigated.
Bogran’s lawyer, Marco Tulio Castro, said that behind the purchase of mobile hospitals there are other state officials who were not accused by Special Prosecutor’s Office for transparency and the fight against public corruption (Fetccop). “He was instructed by the ministers who were dealing with the pandemic. It was not a unilateral decision, it was instructed by senior state officials, “he said. Anti-corruption prosecutors have said that the acquisition investigation remains open and that the tax requirement will eventually be extended.
conclusions
With evacuation of 50 means of testing The initial hearing opened yesterday with Bográn and Alex Moraes, the former administrative manager of Invest-H. The conclusions stage is scheduled to begin on this day.
During this trial, prosecutors will list each of the arguments for which Bogran and Moraes should be prosecuted and prosecuted. While his defense will conclude that the former officials did not commit any crime at the time of acquiring the hospital facilities.
Procedural parties are summoned from 9:00. At the end of this procedure, the judge in the case, Vera Barahona, will retire to deliberate on each of the tests for issuing his decision.