Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez said on Tuesday, 16 May 2017, that in regard to the Odebrecht bribes case “it is not a matter of names, but of due process”.
Rodriguez explained that although he expected to receive the names of those who may be implicated in the Odebrecht bribery scandal, being locked into a specific timeframe to make the announcement is not reasonable and in certain respects, misses the point of the depth of the on-going investigation.
Being questioned by journalists when he was participating in the 34th International Conference for Enforcement of Drugs (IDEC) taking place in Punta Cana, Rodriguez said he was waiting for the information and once he had it, he would proceed in due course to bring charges against all those who may have been involved in the scandal.
He also said he was evaluating the legal declarations of assets by Diandino Peña, former director of the Metro Office (Opret) and should there be any infractions uncovered, the Attorney General’s office would proceed in accordance with the law.
On 19 April 2017, with the signing of the approval of the deal reached by the Attorney General with Odebrecht construction company, Rodríguez had said that in less than 30 days he would reveal the list of the persons receiving the bribes.
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El Caribe
7 Dias
17 May 2017
