The Minister of Public Works during the President Leonel Fernández administration was interrogated by Attorney General Jean-Alain Rodríguez on Thursday, 19 January 2017, as part of investigations into the Odebrecht bribery and overvaluations case. The investigations began once the US Justice announced publicly that Odebrecht had secured contracts through illicit payments to government officials. Previously, a case that would have looked into corruption at the Ministry of Public Works under Díaz Rúa failed to move in the Dominican judiciary and was eventually closed.
Most of the contracts carried out by Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic were signed during the governments of former President Leonel Fernández (2004-2008 and 2008-2016). Diario Libre pointed out in a report that Víctor Díaz Rúa signed 7 of the 17 public works contracts, more than any other government official.
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Diario Libre
7 Dias
20 January 2017
