COThe Colombian Prosecutor General's Office (Procuraduría General de la Nación) has opened an investigation into a contract worth over 30 billion pesos signed by the Ministry of Equality through the Fonigualdad, which aimed to hire more than 1,200 people despite the ministry being in the process of liquidation ordered by the Constitutional Court. The probe was triggered after *SEMANA* magazine published denunciations by lawmakers Julio César Triana and Daniel Briceño, who alleged irregular hiring practices during the outgoing Petro administration. Briceño specifically accused the ministry of conducting a large-scale hiring process shortly before the end of the Petro government, raising concerns about misuse of public funds. The investigation involves officials from the Ministry of Equality and Fiduagraria, the entity managing the autonomous fund for reducing inequality. The procurator, Carlos Augusto Wilches Vega, emphasized that the contract could compromise public resources amid ongoing liquidation efforts and ordered administrative records and reports related to the hiring process.
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