The National Business Council (Conep) that gathers the 47 leading business and industry organizations called for the Attorney General to firmly act in establishing responsibilities amongst companies and government in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. In a press release, Conep says the Odebrecht case, described as one of the greatest corruption scandals of all times in the Dominican Republic, brings to the open the culture of bribes and the weakness of Dominican institutions.
Conep says the Odebrecht corruption case is an opportunity for the present authorities to demonstrate their commitment to the strengthening of institutions if the judiciary acts so that a precedent is set to put an end to the today common unfair business practices of bribes and overvaluations to secure public works.
The first work carried out by Odebrecht was the Northwest aqueduct in 2000.
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Conep
El Dia
20 January 2017
