On Tuesday, 7 March 2017, former Minister of Public Works Víctor Díaz Rúa visited the Attorney General’s office for a second time to be interrogated in relation to the bribes paid by the Brazilian company Odebrecht.
He arrived shortly before 3 pm, accompanied by his lawyers, and when questioned by journalists as to why he was being interviewed again, he only stated that he had no idea as to the motive. He was said to have left after 9pm.
Díaz Rúa was Minister of Public Works during the government of Leonel Fernández and was interrogated previously in January by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez as part of the investigations into the Odebrecht case.
After the interrogations, Díaz Rúa assured journalists that when he was minister of Public Works all the works followed the due process.
The Attorney General has been criticized for carrying out extensive questioning of a selection of former government officers and persons related to Odebrecht but not taking any legal actions so far.
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