Audit certifies transparency in Lisandro Macarrulla's management at the Ministry of the Presidency

Santo Domingo.– An audit carried out by the Chamber of Accounts on the years of management of Lisandro Macarrulla as Minister of the Presidency showed that there was no irregularity and that the financial statements were handled in accordance with the laws and regulations of the governmental sector. The Accounts Chamber issued an "unqualified" opinion after auditing the budget execution statements of the Ministry of the Presidency (Minpre) corresponding to the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021. The auditors' opinion confirms that "the budget execution statements of the Ministry of the Presidency reasonably present, in all material respects, the revenues received and the disbursements made during the audited period". This means that the resources were managed in accordance with the Organic Budget Law for the Public Sector, its regulations, and the Budget Classifiers Manual for the Public Sector.

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The audit, conducted under Government Auditing Standards and signed by Fabio Roa, Director of Auditing, and Enlly Caridad Santos Ureña, audit group supervisor, guarantees the reliability of the financial information presented by the institution in the years evaluated. Similarly, the supplementary legal report concludes that there are no identifiable elements that represent indications of administrative, civil, or criminal liabilities, establishing that the operations and actions of the Minpre officials were carried out within the current legal framework. "It can be concluded that there are no identifiable elements that represent indications of any of the responsibilities established in articles 47, 48, 49 and 54 of Law No. 10-04, of January 20, 2004, according to the results of the audit report carried out on the financial information included in the budget execution statements of the Ministry of the Presidency, for the period between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021, therefore, the legality of the actions and operations of the audited entity and its main officials is presumed for submitting their actions to the constitutional, legal, regulatory and normative provisions of mandatory compliance for public resource administrators," indicates the aforementioned document. The financial audits carried out by the Accounts Chamber aim to detect irregularities and issue observations, conclusions, opinions, provisions, and recommendations on the legality and reliability of the information presented in the financial and budgetary statements of the entities subject to external control. In this case, the review of the Minpre ratifies the transparent and norm-compliant management of the use of public funds.