President Danilo Medina appointed engineer Manuel Antonio Saleta García on Friday, 12 May 2017, to replace the longtime director of the Santo Domingo Metro Office (Opret), engineer Diandino Peña. Peña was the talk of the town after he was interviewed by investigative journalist Alicia Ortega during the Monday, 8 May TV investigative show El Informe de Alicia Ortega on Channel 9. During the interview, Ortega took Peña by surprise asking him about his multiple offshore accounts.
A man with a low public service profile, Saleta García has made a career mostly for his work in major hydroelectric dams in the Dominican Republic. He also worked at the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE).
He has also been professor of engineering at the UASD and INTEC, as reported in the Listin Diario. He is a magna cum laude graduate in engineering from the UASD with a master’s in seismic engineering at the Universidad Central in Caracas, Venezuela.
After leaving CDEEE and INDRHI, he became manager of Consulcon, an engineering firm.
The appointment of the new director comes at a time the Santo Domingo Metro is affected by delays in the completion of the second part of the second Metro line due to reported mayor delays in budget allotments.
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Listin Diario
15 May 2017
