District Attorney Máximo Aristy Caraballo ensured that the judiciary would be back at work today (Monday) with the integration of new assistant district attorneys, including the confirmation of 20 previously employed. Last Thursday, the government fired 84 assistant district attorneys. President Hipolito Mejia appointed their replacements on Friday by Decree 605-00. The cancellations disrupted operations at 10 penal courts and seven first level courts, police stations, the Department of Drug Control (DNCD) and the Department of Migration, among other entities. 172 court hearings and 50 prisoners that would have been released on the day of the firing were put on hold. President Hipólito Mejía estimated 8,000 public sector employees have been fired to give way to PRD members. that had been fired. He told the press that most of those fired had been appointed during the previous government.
