Former President Leonel Fernandez is accused of defrauding the state of RD$35,000 million in connection with the privatization of the Dominican Electricity Corporation. A group of private citizens presented the case to First Instance Court of Judge Enrique Marchena. Also accused of fraud are Antonio Isa Conde, former president of the Commission to Reform Public Enterprises; Temistocles Montas, former Technical Secretary of the Presidency; Marcos Cochon, former Superintendent of Electricity; Radhames Segura, former manager of the CDE; and Hector Valdez Albizu, former Governor of the Central Bank. The investigation that led to the case questioned the legal procedures that cover the privatization of state enterprises. It was prepared by Casals Victoria, an advisor to the Senate who was administrator of the CDE for many years during the administration of Joaquin Balaguer. Several senators that read the report commented it was a political case that seeks to affect the former stateman’s popularity, rather than an impartial or professional investigation.
