Change in the Revenue Executive Directorate Administration of Honduras
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa sworn last Wednesday, August 23 the three Supervisory Commission members of the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI) at the Presidential House Lenca Hall. They will be responsible for the administration of this institution and will conduct an evaluation of the same with the Superior Court of Accounts (TSC in Spanish) advice and other public and private institutions as it deems appropriate.
The commission includes Reinaldo Rodríguez Martínez, Roberto Jerez and Jorge Yllescas Oliva who took oath before President Lobo Sosa.
Officially, the commission has the powers set out in the decree that creates it and it was approved at the extraordinary Ministers Council as defined in Article 100 of the Public Administration General Law and by other legal regulations that will additionally apply.
For the performance of its duties, the Commission is empowered to request cooperation, participation and integration of other public or private agencies as it considers relevant.
Mr. Reinaldo Rodríguez who by decree presides the board, has a degree in Public Accounting. He was the first president of the Honduran Institute of University Professionals in Public Accounting (COHUCP in Spanish). He is the Technical Board Chairman of the Accounting Rules and Audit (JUNTEC in Spanish) and a university professor of Accounting with 35 years of experience in audit at the well-known international firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Roberto Jerez is a Certified Public Accountant. Former Vice President of the National Banking and Insurance Commission (CNBS in Spanish) and currently he is an advisor to that agency. He was JUNTEC first president and member of the Comptroller Board of the National Institute for Teachers (INPREMA in Spanish).
Mr. Jorge Yllescas was head of the DEI under President Carlos Flores government. He was head of the Customs General Directorate, Director to the Central Executive Council for the Liberal Party. He is the author of several books, the most recent one titled “Corruption and Impunity” and the most notorious one, the “Yllescas Report” which is about tax fraud.