During the Sunday, 11 June 2017 protest in San Pedro de Macorís, spokespeople for the Green March called for a change of three of the Supreme Court of Justice judges appointed to decide on the Odebrecht corruption case.
The citizen movement spokespeople accuse judges Hiroito Reyes, Frank Soto and Alejandro Moscoso Segarra of strong ties with the interests of the ruling PLD political party. The manifesto argued that the three judges are known for favoring corrupt PLD officials handing down extraordinarily lenient sentences in the past.
Speaking at the march, psychiatrist José Dunker spoke fo the strong political ties of the judges.
Spokespeople for the movement also called for President Danilo Medina to sit for questioning. “There are serious indications of illegal financing of his past two electoral campaigns using Odebrecht funds,” said the movement in the reading of the Green March manifesto.
“That no member of the Odebrecht quagmire goes unpunished,” said the proclamation. This was in reference to statements by president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared Perez (PLD-National District) who said he was able to navigate in the mud without getting sullied. The manifesto also called for the criminal prosecution of Odebrecht project overvaluations, the contract for the Punta Catalina plant and the irregular sale of the lands of the State Sugar Corporation (CEA) that triggered a tragedy in San de Macorís.
Thousands of persons from La Altagracia, El Seibo, Hato Mayor and La Romana participated in the San Pedro de Macorís march that peacefully ended at the San Pedro de Macorís Cathedral.
The Green March Movement called for a national march in the National District on Sunday, 16 July 2017.
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Diario Libre
12 June 2017
