Vice President Margarita Cedeño urged reflection about ethics and morality in the exercise of politics following the recent revelations affecting high ranking ruling party members. In her opinion, those particular cases do not affect the political party as such. She made the comment responding to journalist question. “No. Absolutely not. The Dominican Liberation Party and allies have exercised government with the greatest transparency, carefulness, and administrative controls. Now, the parties are made up by citizens, and each person is responsible for individual actions. No one can be imputed the criminal act of a particular individual. So I call precisely to reflect on the exercise of politics, ethics, morals, with controls that are in place and that need to be complied with,” she said.
She urged the Judicial Branch to act in the cases of corruption that are proven and said that the mechanisms for setting the corresponding sanctions are in place.
She also considered that the matter should be addressed by the Political Committee of the PLD, the ruling political party’s head body, in its next meeting, so that an appropriate response be given to the citizenship. She highlighted the “great administrative and financial controls transformations” implemented by the PLD administrations.
Cedeño spoke to journalists covering the Presidency after attending the delivery of the winners of awards for the Third National Arts & Crafts Contest, held on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 at the Presidential Palace.
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Margarita cree que el PLD debe abordar propuesta de destitución de Díaz Rúa y Félix Bautista
14 June 2018
