22002: (Hermantin)Miami-Herald-The nine allegations (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Posted on Fri, May. 21, 2004





The nine allegations


These are the nine allegations of Aristide government corruption and
mismanagement under investigation:

•  That a former Aristide Cabinet minister made a $400,000 commission on the
government's purchase of a $1.2 million house for former President Renι
Preval.

•  A Colombian electricity company owed $5 million by the government
allegedly collected $11 million from the Central Bank.

•  That government funds were funneled to armed pro-Aristide gangs known as
chimres.

•  Government funds allegedly went to the construction of a university run
by the private Aristide Foundation.

•  There was a $13 million expenditure for the printing of Haitian currency
in Germany and several other no-bid procurement contracts.

•  That an Aristide Cabinet minister made huge profits through duty-free
franchises to import rice.

•  Government donations, including $1 million from the Central Bank, were
made to the literacy Program Alpha. There is no accounting of how the money
was spent.

•  That Aristide government officials and supporters received kickbacks for
deals between U.S. long-distance telephone companies and the Haitian
government's telephone company.

•  Taiwan allegedly decided to give aid directly to two private foundations
controlled by Aristide, instead of the Haitian government as in previous
years.

SOURCE: Haitian government officials involved in the probes


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