The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that the Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of a financial officer in the state Medical Supply Organisation (MSO). The charge is for spending the LD 1.5 billion in a manner other than those it was intended for.
The Attorney General’s Office explained that LD 4.5 billion had been allocated by the authorities in 2013 for public and limited tenders and practices related to contracts for the supply of medicines of various classifications.
However, the Public Prosecution had received a report stating that LD 1.5 billion were used in a manner other than those intended for it, which affected the regularity of public tendering, and embodied a violation of the right to the highest attainable standard of health for the public.
The accusation is that those in charge of managing the MSO spent the LD 1.5 billion to pay debts incurred by the MSO before 2013 and neglected to provide treatment to patients at the necessary times.
As a result, the investigating authority decided to detain the arrested accused in pretrial detention, referred him to the indictment chamber, and ordered the prosecution of the rest of the contributors to the incident.
