DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Former Jesuit priest Mario Serrano was appointed executive director of the Department of Government Ethics by the director general of that government body, Milagros Ortiz Bosch.

Serrano is known for his activism against corruption and impunity from the platforms of the Center for Reflection and Social Action Father Juan Montalvo, the National Coordination of Haitian Pastoral in the Dominican Episcopal Conference and Green March.

Serrano will now be responsible for developing projects that contribute to the government’s culture of ethics, transparency, and integrity. The former priest’s work will focus on public policies that help identify and prevent conflicts of interest in the state sector.

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