Alexander Alfie
05/14/2021 7:13 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 05/14/2021 7:23 PM
Last month the General Syndicate of the Nation (SIGEN) fired "militant auditor" Rolando Oreiro from Public TV for irregularities in his appointment, of which
he learned from Clarín's journalistic investigation
, according to a request for access to public information answered by Gabriela Custer, general secretary of the official control body.
In that response, Custer assured that when they hired Oreiro in January 2020, they were unaware that he had finished collecting a voluntary retirement a few months before his appointment at Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA, the company that manages Public TV and National Radio), something that
is prohibited by current regulations.
The SIGEN official said that they found out about her real situation from "journalistic publications."
And that when they corroborated that information, they revoked his appointment to Oreiro, "for reasons of illegitimacy."
"There is no similar background
,
"
said the official Custer, when asked what are the steps that SIGEN takes in this type of case.
Former auditor Rolando Oreiro, in the new photo of his profile on WhatsApp, published after the scandal about his situation on Public TV.
The information about Oreiro's irregular situation was an investigation by
Clarín,
which
published on March 15,
under the title
Rolando Oreiro, the militant auditor whom Rosario Lufrano commissioned to investigate the withdrawal of $ 4 million in cash from Public TV.
In that journalistic investigation published exclusively by
Clarín
, the figure of $ 4 million of cash withdrawals was still handled, instead of the $ 11.4 million that were later verified.
And it was reported that Oreiro had been appointed by the current Government as head of the Internal Audit of SIGEN in RTA in 2020, despite the fact that
He collected $ 2,742,468 for
a voluntary retirement at INCAA in 2018, for which he could not occupy a newly
appointed
position
by SIGEN, with a gross salary of $ 457,550 per month.
There it was mentioned that a specialist in the public sector explained that Decree 263/18, which establishes the regulations for Voluntary Retirement "is very clear in its article 11, where it says that 'agents who access any of the Retirement plans Volunteers who are approved by this decree
may not be reincorporated under any form of employment
or contracting of services or work
for a term of FIVE (5) years
from their discharge. 'That prohibition includes RTA, "he said. the specialist.
In response to the request for access to public information presented by
Clarín
, the official Custer explained that, "
on March 16, 2021
, within the framework of the events that occurred in Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA) that are in the public domain , this Agency learned from journalistic publications that Dr. Oreiro had taken up a voluntary retirement plan in 2018 ".
When "this SIGEN became aware of the aforementioned, it immediately requested information from INCAA, to whose permanent staff Oreiro belonged at the time of the voluntary retirement. INCAA reported there that Oreiro had collected $ 2,738,469 for this voluntary withdrawal,
the last installment of which was collected in August 2019
; that is, $ 3,999 less than those reported by
Clarín
in the original note.
"The appointee failed to denounce this impediment in the sworn statement
on incompatibilities, disqualifications and conflict of interest signed at the time of his application," when he presented himself to join the RTA in 2020 as auditor, stated the SIGEN official, in her response to the request for access to public information. And he added: "Therefore, this Agency was unaware that Oreiro had received the fees corresponding to a voluntary withdrawal."
"In this case, the facts were analyzed, the applicable regulations were examined, and reliable information was collected that made it possible to verify that
Oreiro failed to declare to SIGEN that he was unable
to be appointed auditor as a consequence of the failure to comply with the re-entry period established in the voluntary retirement plans to which he joined. As a consequence, SIGEN resolved to revoke his appointment as Internal Auditor of RTA for reasons of illegitimacy, "concluded the general secretary of SIGEN.
Historical militant of the Buenos Aires PJ, Oreiro was shown hugging Vice President Cristina Kirchner in his WhatsApp profile, until
Clarín
published that information and changed the photo for another where he was alone, with a soccer ball in his hands.
When the scandal broke out over the irregular removal of bags with money, Rosario Lufrano said that she
ordered a "comprehensive audit" at RTA, by SIGEN.
In an interview he gave to Radio Rivadav in those days
ia,
Lufrano said that he instructed "the auditor"
to "take action on the matter, check how much money had been withdrawn, how many invoices there are to complete the total and if those invoices are well prepared, if the detail of what was bought is It is consistent with the price.
For the auditor to inform me, in
addition, the chain of responsibility. Why that was done that way, "said Lufrano.
With his background, suspicions grew that Oreiro's audit did not have the necessary independence to investigate the management headed by Lufrano.
But the dismissal of the auditor who led that investigation and the resignation of eight other executives deepened the crisis in Public TV, delaying the delivery of the audit report, since
SIGEN appointed Analia Ostojich on April 15
as a new auditor in replacement of Oreiro.
"Ostojich wanted to do the audit from scratch, due to the withdrawal of the cash. And it is about to end," official sources told
Clarín.
