The recently created National Commission for Ethics and Fight against Corruption requested that government prosecutors and the Controller General’s Office investigate the complaints about irregularities in the construction and equipping of the building shared by the Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney General offices. They requested that the findings be made public and those found responsible for the irregularities be sent to justice. President of the commission, Jose Joaquin Medina, accompanied by attorney general Francisco Dominguez Brito, legal advisor to the Executive Branch Cesar Pina Toribio and Gustavo Montalvo made the announcement in a press conference held yesterday at the Presidential Palace.
They advanced that the commission is preparing for the consideration of President Leonel Fernandez a proposal to change the ruling on government purchases and contracts to one that requires increased transparency and efficiency and is less subject to corruption.
Despite the announcement, yesterday Public Works Minister Freddy Perez justified the billionaire expenditure the Fernandez administration has made in the house of justice in an interview published in the Listin Diario. “A building constructed with all the modern rules and requirements of the times costs money,” said the government officer.