Shortly before noon on Monday, 16 January 2017, the former vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Radhamés Segura, arrived at the Attorney General office to be interviewed by Attorney General Jean-Alain Rodríguez. He was accompanied by his lawyer and Rodríguez carried out the interview along with Laura Guerrero of the Specialized Administration Corruption Unit (PEPCA).
Segura is the third person summoned for interview as part of the investigations into the supposed payments of US$92 million in bribes by Odebrecht in return for securing contracts in the Dominican Republic.
Segura said that he would be explaining about a US$225 million contract for the Palomino Hydroelectric plant that was signed when he was in post at the CDEEE in April 2005. He is maintaining that no intermediaries were involved in the contract negotiation or signing.
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Listin Diario
El Caribe
17 January 2017
