The Customs Agency has dismissed a group of agents who were working at Las Americas Airport, who, as it turns out, were mostly affiliated with the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).
The group said that they were submitt
ed to lie detector tests and were later fired with no explanation. At the same time, they blamed their dismissal on the head of Customs Intelligence Department, Ramon Valerio and his son, Nellk Valerio, who also works for the organization as supervisor and administrator.
Among those dismissed is the coordinator of the “Movement AILA with Danilo,” Vicente Romero who supported the recent reelection of the president which has apparently caused great concern among his fellow employees at the airport, saying he was a model and honest employee and an excellent person held in great affection by his fellow employees.
Also dismissed were Luis Alberto Escolastico, Miguel Osoria, Julia Rosario, Edgar Días Jiménez and Isabel Mesa de la Cruz, all members of the PLD and who had been working for several years in Customs at the airport.
The Director General of Customs, Enrique Ramírez Paniagua, has demanded an explanation of the situation, given that many were long time employees of the institution.
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El Nuevo Diario
18 April 2017
