Yesterday, Senator Rafael Abinader and advisor Manuel Casals Victoria delivered to Attorney General Virgilio Bello Rosa the case against former President Leonel Fernandez and those who participated in the privatization of the Dominican Electricity Corporation. Fernandez is accused of defrauding the Dominican state of RD$40,000 million. The PLD senators question the qualifications of those who prepared the report, saying that it was a confidential document that was made public even before being discussed in the Senate. "The report is nothing but another political instrument to discredit Leonel Fernandez and his government, the privatization process and former government officers," say the PLD senators. The PRD-majority Senate recently authorized a seven-year contract extension of the same privatized electricity distributors that are criticized in the report.
