Thousands turned up for the Sunday, 28 January 2018 Green March movement protest march around the Presidential Palace. The media, nevertheless, highlighted that high profile politicians, such as Luis Abinader of the PRM, this time around just posted online expressions of support, but did not attend the march.
The protest marked the historic Sunday, 22 January 2017 march that galvanized spontaneous citizen discontent with government corruption. The protestors marched for an end to impunity in the corruption cases of OMSA, OISOE, CEA, Punta Catalina power plant-Odebrecht, Los Tres Brazos and other Odebrecht related cases.
The protest lasted around two hours. Journalist Huchi Lora reported there were no incidents, despite the alleged presence of some individuals linked to the government who were thought to have infiltrated the ranks of protestors to disrupt the peaceful protest.
Journalist Altagracia Salazar said that persons from the government had closed off part of 30 de Marzo, giving the appearance that there were not many people attending the March.
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30 January 2018
