The Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic says that the obligation for public force to be present for the execution of embargos is against the Constitution. The use of public force had been established by Resolution No. 17/2015 issued by the Judicial Power Council on 3 August 2015.
The Constitution Court now ruled the resolution violates Arts. 40.15, 151 and 170 of the Dominican Constitution.
The recourse had been submitted to the Constitutional Court on 6 October 2015 by the Dominican Association of Bailiffs (ADA), represented by its president, Hipólito Girón Reyes. A hearing was first heard on 8 February 2016.
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Listin Diario
4 October 2018
