President Leonel Fernandez retired almost 100 generals, of the army, navy and air force by different decrees yesterday. Heading the list are former Minister of the Armed Forces Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, and former chiefs of the Navy, Army and Air Force, Euripides Uribe Peguero, Jorge Zorrilla Ozuna and Virgilio Sierra Perez, respectively. Others to hang up their camouflage include Luis Maria Perez Bello, the aging former deputy secretary of the Armed Forces and personal assistant to the late President Joaquin Balaguer, and Radhames Lora Salcedo, the former director of the national emergency commission (CNE). All those mentioned above ended their previous posts with the change of government. For a complete list of the pensioned generals, see
http://www.dr1.com/news/2004/082004_generals.pdf
At the same time, through Decree 898-04, the President returned to service Major General Jose Eliseo Noble Espejo, Rear Admiral Miguel Angel Alvarez Herrand and Rear Admiral Jose Casimiro Pena y Pena. The latter was appointed supervisor at the CDEEE.