DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Former President Danilo Medina and his brother Alexis Medina. Photo: El Caribe

Former senator Charlie Marriotti read a statement on Sunday, 19 December 2021, where the former ruling party, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) distances party leader Danilo Medina Sánchez from his brother, Alexis Medina Sanchez. Alexis Medina Sánchez is in preventive jail in Najayo waiting for trial in the Operacion Anti-Pulpo (Anti-Octopus Case). The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) presented last week the accusations of Alexis Medina Sánchez and the arraignment file includes a clause where the government contractor is accused of abusing his personal connections to former President Danilo Medina Sánchez to benefit from government procurement.

Anti-corruption prosecutors filed on Friday, 17 December 2021 the formal charges...