Attorney General Miriam German Brito said this week that her office is short of funds. She had requested RD$2.10 billion more than the government initially had allotted the office in the 2022 National Budget. German Brito has been active lobbying for the additional funding. She says her office needs at least RD$10.5 billion to carry out the planned actions to prosecute crime and corruption in government.
Budget director Jose Rijo was prompt to say the extra funds have already been assigned. He said that the funds were added in the complementary budget under study by a Senate and Chamber of Deputies joint committee.
In parallel, the Presidency has contracted several of the country’s best law firms to act to ensure that the government may recover assets purchased with funds from administrative corruption. The law firms are working in collaboration with the Attorney General Office, the Controller General Office and the Chamber of Accounts and are preparing recourses against past government officers and suppliers for RD$23 billion in assets. A assets forfeiture bill in Congress (Extinction of Domain) seems to have stagnated and the appointing of the team of top lawyers seeks is a parallel move for the state to recover the illicitly obtained property.
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8 December 2021