While 3 deputy general managers were dismissed en masse at TiGEM last week, the appointment of a controversial person as deputy general manager this week caused reactions.
It was noteworthy that Ergün Erol, who was in the animal purchase commission, was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of TİGEM in 2018 in the great corruption in the purchase of animals in the Young Farmer Project.
The dismissal of Deputy General Manager Ertuğrul Anbar, who opposed the covering up of the 43 million lira public loss determined by the Court of Accounts in the embryo transfer project with the decision of the board of directors, the appointment of Deputy General Manager in the Young Farmer Project corruption has already made the appointments at TİGEM controversial.
A MAJOR CORRUPTION EXPLODED IN THE YOUNG FARMERS PROJECT!
During the period of former TİGEM General Manager İsmail Şanlı, in the corruption in the Young Farmer Project that broke out in 2018, the tender for the purchase of animals was canceled and the breeding animals to be distributed to young farmers were purchased at a higher price by direct procurement method.
The capture of thousands of fake ear tags in the operation carried out by the Ardahan Gendarmerie Command regarding the Ankara-based company, which TİGEM gave the job of supplying animals at a higher price with the direct procurement method, revealed the great corruption experienced in the Young Farmer Project.
While a lawsuit was filed for the crime of defrauding the state and the farmer benefiting from the project regarding the company in question, Ministry inspectors also made a comprehensive investigation and filed a criminal complaint with the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
FAKIBABA, THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE PERIOD, RESISTED TO MAKE A TENDER, BUT...
Ergün Erol, who was in the animal procurement commission at that time in the animal procurement process in question, did not accept responsibility, citing that they applied the decision taken by the TİGEM board of directors in the investigation of the inspectors.
It was stated that although he was in the commission, he did not sign the decision to purchase animals by direct procurement method, but another person signed by proxy.
Although the Minister of the time, Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba, insisted that an open tender be held, it was significant that the commission members did not object to the purchase of animals by direct procurement method.