Martin Marinucci took over as the new Minister of Transportation of the province of Buenos Aires after the resignation of Jorge D’Onofriowho left office in the middle of a judicial investigation for alleged irregularities in the photo fines system and the Vehicle Technical Verification (VTV) concessions.
In his first days in office, Marinucci ordered a comprehensive review of the photomult system and the concessions of the VTV plantskey areas at the center of the complaints. Furthermore, he asked his team reinforce road safety, implement more awareness campaigns to improve driving habits and increase control and alcohol testing operations to reduce accidents.
D’Onofrio’s departure is related to his indictment for alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment. Federal Justice is investigating whether the former minister participated in a million-dollar collection scheme through the photo-fine system, in which traffic violations were supposedly eliminated or reduced in exchange for commissions of between 30% and 50% of the original amount. This parallel system, according to the complaint filed by the head of Secutrans, the company providing the system, would have generated losses of between 4 and 10 million dollars per month.
The alleged irregularities also extend to the tenders for the concessions of the VTV plants. An audit process is currently underway to determine if there were anomalies in the delivery of the 66 plants distributed in 16 areas of the province. In the official’s orbit they announced that until the end of January all the plants will be inspected and that the majority would be in a position to receive final authorization.
From those around the new minister they explained: “First of all, all those people who were under suspicion were removed, to guarantee transparent management” and they stressed that during Marinucci’s management at Trenes Argentinos, the Anti-Bribery Management System (SGA) in the purchasing and contracting processes achieved ISO 37001 certification.
Regarding the photomult system, they reported that A report was commissioned to analyze the mechanism for absolving fines, find out the situation of the companies that issue photo fines and review the situation of the 1,500 cameras installed in the provinceverifying if they are approved. The management of photo fines in Buenos Aires is concessioned to private companies, responsible for installing, maintaining the cameras and processing infractions. Besides, We are working on a traceability system to avoid manipulations and on the creation of a control panel that allows the number of minutes to be monitored in real time. carved by the inspectors.
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Marinucci, a graduate in Administration and professor at the San Agustín Teacher and Technical Training Institute, has an extensive career in public management: he was president of Trenes Argentinos, director of the Buenos Aires Electrical Energy Control Agency (OCEBA), councilor in Morón and director of IOMA, among other positions. From the intimate kidney of the leader of the Renewal Front, Sergio Massaand the former head of AySa, Malena Galmarini, The leader assumes office within the framework of the political agreement that the governor Axel Kicillof maintains with the Tigrense.
On the other hand, the official will face a claim for the funds that the Nation cut for the Transportation subsidy and will seek to accelerate the delivery to mayors of more than a thousand multimodal passes in different municipalities that allow free transportation for people with disabilities, transplant recipients and those on the transplant waiting list, as well as the breathalyzers with which controls are carried out.
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At the same time, at the express request of the governor Axel Kicillofthe official will work to launch the Metropolitan Transportation Agencycreated in 2012 as a tripartite entity that brings together representatives of the province of Buenos Aires, the National State and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The main objective of the organization should be to coordinate multimodal transportation actions between these three jurisdictions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and jointly and efficiently address transportation problems in one of the most densely populated regions of Argentina. Also, have an articulation of the rate table.
The new officials
Marinucci appointed new officials for the Transportation portfolio: in the Technical, Administrative and Legal Undersecretariat, he appointed Patricio D’Angelowho was administrative director of the company AySa during the management of Malena Galmarini; in the Undersecretariat of Policy and Road Safety appointed Eduardo Feijoowho managed Comprehensive Security in Argentine Trains and was the Secretary of Citizen Protection in Tigre.
At the same time, he ordered that Damian Contreras left his position to become undersecretary of Land Transportation and ordered that Valeria Arata and Sandra Mayol make a castling in their positions: the first will become the Secretariat of interjurisdictional coordination of Transportation and the other will be Undersecretary of air and river transportation.
Source: Ambito
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