Mozambique: President of civil aviation institute, five others indicted for ‘mismanagement’

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Mozambique: President of civil aviation institute, five others indicted for ‘mismanagement’

3:45 CAT | 19 Aug 2022

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Mozambique’s Public Prosecutor, through the Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC), has filed an indictment against the president of the Civil Aviation Institute of Mozambique (IACM), Joao de Abreu, for alleged “mismanagement” in the institution.

In the case currently before the Maputo judicial court, Abreu and the head of the Management and Procurement Executive Unit of the IACM, César Maurício, are accused of abuse of office or role, violation of management rules, payment of undue remuneration and economic participation in business.

According to the indictment, cited today by the weekly Savana, the two managers are alleged to have authorised direct awards to different companies for providing services and materials in 2019, violating the requirements required by law.

In statements released on Friday by the weekly newspaper, the president of the IACM said he had a “clear conscience,” considering that the accusation brought by the Public Prosecutor was based on anonymous complaints from employees with hidden purposes.

“I have done nothing unusual, and so I fear nothing. But it is painful that, after so many years of exemplary service to the state, in the final stretch of my career, people come and try to lynch us for reasons we do not know. It is sad”, he declared.

João de Abreu has presided over the Civil Aviation Institute of Mozambique since 2013.

The president of the IACM is also publicly known as Commander Abreu and is one of the best-known aviation pilots in Mozambique for his long career with state-owned airline Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM).

In addition to João de Abreu and César Maurício, the Public Prosecutor listed as defendants Sara Ginabay Mussa, former director of Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology at the IACM, Regina Esperança, former head of the Department of Finance and Property of the IACM, Edith Samuel, former head of Human Resources, and Sérgio Micael, former head of the Department of Finance and Property.

Source: Lusa