Local press carries speculation on the reasons for Jorge Subero Isa’s threat to resign. Hoy newspaper’s “Coctelera” page 2 column commentary speculates that the President of the Supreme Court of Justice has always held major differences with his first substitute, Judge Rafael Luciano Pichardo. The columnist says that with all due respect, no one should doubt the PPH wants to control the Supreme Court, suggesting that the time is right for Subero to work tirelessly to shoulder his heavy burden. The political analyst says it is obvious that the makeup of Dominican justice has improved in recent years, “even though it is still timid when dealing with major league cases, and not precisely those from the baseball major leagues.” The commentator says that Subero should forget about resigning if he has any guts and instead exercise the delicate role he has been entrusted with. The crisis that affects us is not only economic, says the writer, as the crisis of morals is the worst by far. He concludes, “And when that crisis tries to dominate everything, fear is the worst advisor a society can have.”
Furthermore, Diario Libre reports that Chief Justice Subero Isa was not in agreement with the granting of bail to the Chinese nationals being detained for having entered the country illegally with the alleged assistance of former consul in Haiti and then-PRD Deputy Radhames Ramos Garcia. This decision brought to the table a vote in favor of habeas corpus for a military officer, followed by support for another habeas corpus in favour of an “important suit and tie member of Dominican high society.”
El Caribe newspaper carries statements by former Judge Juan Miguel Castillo Pantaleon, who says that Supreme Court of Justice Jorge Subero Isa’s threat to resign may be a mechanism to divert attention from his administration that has few achievements to show. “It looks more like a strategy to confront discredit. This court cannot show any important sentences for money laundering, combating corruption or independence in any of the processes that involve structures of political-military power. There is much rhetoric. The number of people in jail without having been tried shows the inefficiency and the duration of the civil, commercial and labor cases in the courts show that the investment has not been very productive.” Castillo commented that Subero Isa’s resignation would be simply to “accommodate the PPH.”