Comptroller Should Investigate FIS Scandal

(Panama-Guide) - Source: Kathyria Caicedo for Telemetro Reporta - Since the dismissal of more than a dozen officials from the Social Investment Fund (FIS), the entity has been the focus of public opinion, especially considering the possibility that some irregularities have been detected in the approval of items worth millions of dollars. In this morning's edition of Telemetro Reporta, Judy Meana, the spokeswoman for the National Government, said it was public knowledge that Giacomo Tamburelli, director of the FIS, had ordered an external audit within the institution. However, reports indicate this audit was not submitted to judicial authorities, although some cases were detected indicating wrongdoing on the part of Deputies of the National Assembly and other officials from the administrations of Mireya Moscoso and Martin Torrijos.