Antonio Pronsato gave an explanation before the court about the pipes and valves of Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline.

Antonio Pronsato gave an explanation before the court about the pipes and valves of Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline.

The official, who resigned before the scandal that ousted Kulpash from the government, denied any information about the crime.

Antonio Pronsato, during an exhibition in Congress
Antonio Pronsato, during an exhibition in Congress

Antonio Pronsato Testified in the investigated case as a witness Alleged breaches in Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline tender. This is an engineer who headed the operations department at Enarsa and who resigned two weeks ago amid delays related to the strategic project. Pronsato denied knowing anything about the crime.

Pronsato said it had not asked any official to use any of the companies in the tender. “Not only do I not know, but I must say that the technical characteristics of the pipe, as well as the construction work that I have already left, have not changed at all,” he said according to the testimony. A statement to which he agreed ᲔᲠᲘBefore a judge Daniel Rafekas And the prosecutor Carlos Stormel.

Pronsato added that his resignation was due solely to that There is a need to delay decision making For the advancement of the pipeline, which started in mid-April this year and Known lack of coordination between involved bodies– Adds sources.

Former employee of the Federal Ministry of Planning Vidos July It was technically clarified that the 36-inch pipes were the most efficient and suitable for the job, and ruled out the possibility of using a naval plate that the former minister had suggested. Matthias’s ear.

After leaving the government, Matthias Kulpas testified in Commodore Pius and withdrew allegations about the pipeline.
After leaving the government, Matthias Kulpas testified in Commodore Pius and withdrew allegations about the pipeline.

In the message Without recordThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that the tender for the pipeline pipes was led by officials. Campora In favor of Techint’s Brazilian subsidiary. This was after Vice President Christina Kirchner publicly demanded that President Alberto Fernandez “use a pen” against the Roca family firm.

The announcement led to the expulsion of the Albertist minister following a claim by the vice-president. Later, before Justice, Kulpas denied any allegations of corruption.

Tender for pipes and valves

Pronsato took responsibility for rejecting the request for expansion from other possible suppliers of pipes (it explained that it did so due to urgency required to get the job done) and warned that none of the suppliers in the valve tender that failed had met the deadlines. Required delivery.

“If the pipe is not extracted in a reasonable time, or is needed for the project, the whole process of achieving it will continue immediately. That was the first task of the ‘critical path’: to extract the pipe,” Pronsato explained. The judge and prosecutor described his arrival in Energía Argentina, a company run by Felder Agustინn Gerez.

Antonio Pronsato (left second) at a public tender for the opening of Nestor Kirchner gas pipelines with Augustin Gerez (center) and Federico Basualdo (right)
Antonio Pronsato (left second) at a public tender for the opening of Nestor Kirchner gas pipelines with Augustin Gerez (center) and Federico Basualdo (right)

When asked the reasons for his resignation, Pronsato pointed to the paralysis of management. “There is only one reason. For the first two months it was a continuous march, with no pause. And successive decisions as they should be for engineering work of this scale. In one week we got free basic engineering drawings with Gerez, which we update and correct. We saved at least seven months there. We were accelerating as much as possible until then. Then after these two months, in mid-April, it was found that the pace had changed and we were not in the same hurry as before, and so on. “By the end of May, everything had slowed down and decisions that needed to be taken urgently to continue the critical path had not been made.”– Said the former official.

“I do not know the reasons for this slowdown. I forwarded these messages to meetings with Gerez, who took notes and replied that they intended to do so. There was no discussion, but then the case did not move forward. I did not receive any explanations from him. I do not know why, but things have not started, “Pronsato concluded.

He also pointed to the suspicions sown by the Kulpas Ministry. “If you had any real doubts or questions, why not meet with us for at least five minutes?” He asked.

Source: La Nacion

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