The president of the Constitutional Court, Milton Ray Guevara said the court has four months to issue an opinion on the controversial elimination of the clause that restricts citizens from suing government officers for corruption that had been included in Art 85 of the Penal Procedures Code.
The case was presented to the Constitutional Court for opinion. President Danilo Medina suggested modifications in the Penal Procedures Code revised bill and sent it back to the legislature for further study.
The presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have defended the striking of the article that allows for citizens to sue government officers for corruption while these individuals are still in office. Both Reinaldo Pared of the Senate and Abel Martinez of the Chamber of Deputies argue the 2010 Constitution had already eliminated the right of citizens to sue government officers.
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