In response to what it calls the “passive and complicit” stance of congressional leadership and political parties, the civic watchdog group Participación Ciudadana is calling on the Public Ministry of the Attorney General Office to investigate current and former legislators who have not submitted their sworn asset declarations.
Participación Ciudadana is the local chapter of Transparency International.
Information obtained by Participación Ciudadana from the Chamber of Accounts reveals a significant number of lawmakers in violation of the law. Twenty deputies elected in 2024 and 78 who left office the same year have failed to file their declarations.
The list includes deputy Kinsberly Taveras, who has in her record being removed from the position as Minister of Youth during the first government of President Luis Abinader for questions as to the millions in wealth she had published in her wealth statement in 2020, despite having only reported for tax purposes government jobs in a small municipality.
The list also includes several members of the Central American Parliament, an entity that critics have repeatedly called for elimination on grounds of their minor contributions to Dominican society.
The current deputies identified as not having complied with Law 311-14, which mandates these declarations, are:
• Socorro Monego (Parlacen)
• Sergio Moya
• Ramón Gori (Parlacen)
• Rafael Chalas (Parlacen)
• Pedro Corporán (deceased)
• Namibia Didiez (Parlacen)
• Melvin Lara
• Kinsberly Taveras
• Juana Castillo
• José Rodriguez
• Jheyson Garcia
• Ismael Reyes (Parlacen)
• Eugenio Cedeño
• Eudy De La Cruz
• Esmeralda Mancebo
• Enmanuel Polanco (Parlacen)
• Carmen Morel
• Carlos Gil
• Angel Sánchez
• Adelso Ruben Contreras
Former senators are also in violation, says Participacion Ciudadana press release. While all current senators have reportedly complied, seven former senators remain in violation for not having submitted their declarations upon leaving office. They are:
• Bautista Rojas
• David Sosa
• Ivan Silva
• José Del Castillo
• Lenin Valdez
• Martin Nolasco
• Ramón Pimentel
Participación Ciudadana has published the complete list of non-compliant legislators on its website as an appendix to its press release.
Participación Ciudadana emphasizes that the consequences for legislators who, “instead of being examples in complying with laws, become transgressors,” should begin within their own political parties.
Furthermore, the organization urges the Public Ministry to apply Article 19 of the aforementioned law, which stipulates: “The Public Ministry shall initiate an investigation for presumed illicit enrichment of a public official obligated to make the sworn asset declaration, in the event of having finished the period or having been removed from office without complying with the requirements of this law according to the term established therein.”
Finally, Participación Ciudadana expressed its hope that society will remember the names of these offenders and that they will face the appropriate social and electoral sanctions.
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N Digital
23 July 2025