The organizers of the successful Sunday, 22 January 2017, March Against Impunity are now calling citizens to sign the Green Book Against Impunity to continue the protest against lenience in Dominican courts for administrative corruption. The organizers say the signatures will support demands that the government name a commission of independent prosecutors with the cooperation of the United Nations to investigate the Odebrecht bribery scandal.
The organizers say that political delinquency has hijacked the country’s institutions, and that the current attorney general Jean Alain Rodríguez only responds to the interests of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and President Medina.
The group demands that the Independent Prosecutors Commission collaborate with UN specialists within the framework of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) to investigate the scandal. The UNCAC, which was ratified by the Dominican state on 26 October 2006, has a strong institutional basis to assist in the investigation.
The signing of the Green Book for the End of Impunity petition will take take place on Sunday, 5 February 2017 from 9am to 6pm at the Independence Park. The signing will later be taken to strategic points nationwide.
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3 February 2017
