The judges of the First Collegiate Court of the National District postponed to 30 September the hearing regarding the six involved in the Odebrecht US$92 million bribery case. Judge Gissel Pérez Méndez presides the court that is hearing the accusations against Angel Rondón, Víctor Díaz Rúa, Conrado Pittaluga, Andrés Bautista, Roberto Rodríguez and Tommy Galán. The case was postponed after defendants presented several motions regarding the inhibition to carrying the case formalized by Attorney General Miriam Germán, and regarding the prosecutors assigned to the case. Likewise, counsel for defendants presented motions for the court to withdraw the accusations.
Meanwhile, the new director of the Anti-Government Corruption Agency (Pepca), Wilson Camacho revealed that former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez had permanently filed the cases. This means the individuals can no longer be tried for the accusations. On 7 June 2018, former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez had said the cases were being temporarily filed. The archived files benefit others that had been accused in the Odebrecht bribery file. Temístocles Montás, Julio César Valentín, Alfredo Pacheco, Ruddy Gonzalez, César Sánchez, Bernardo Castellanos, Máximo de Oleo and Radhames Segura could benefit from the principle of their case already been judged. Camacho said his department is studying the case.
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22 September 2020