The Second Penal Hall of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), acting as appeals court in the Odebrecht bribes case, ordered that businessman Ángel Rondón and former minister of Public Works Víctor Díaz Rúa remain in pre-trial detention in Najayo jail while domiciliary arrest was authorized to several others accused in the Odebrecht bribes scandal.
Those that will be released on bail are: Lawyer Conrad Pittaluga (who was allowed in lieu of jail met bail of RD$15 million for nine months); the former Minister of Industry and Commerce, Temístocles Montás; former executive vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Radhamés Segura; president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) Andrés Bautista and former deputy Ruddy González.
The judge also changed the pre-trial custody conditions for former CDEEE vice president César Sánchez. He was allowed to make bail for RD$10 million for a nine month period. The former director of the state Hydroelectric Generation Corporation (EgeHID) Máximo D’Oleo and Alfredo Pacheco were authorized to pay bail of RD$5 million for nine months.
The decision had the partial dissenting vote of judges Hirohíto Reyes and Esther Agelán Casasnovas and the dissenting vote of presiding judge Miriam Germán Brito.
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10 July 2017
