The president of the Chamber of Deputies, PLD deputy Rubén Maldonado, has denied the rumor circulating on social media that he met with businessman Ángel Rondón yesterday. There is a photograph of Rondón meeting with his lawyers and journalist Danny Alcántara, while having lunch at a capital city restaurant.
Alcántara confirmed the version of Maldonado saying that yes Maldonado was at the same restaurant but was having lunch with his wife and other family members, and that he greeted him and former deputy Ruddy Gonzalez as well as Rondón and his lawyers.
Alcántara said that the appointment was made by Rondón’s lawyers to go through their defense plan. Rondón is a lead suspect in the Odebrecht bribery scandal, who has acknowledged he received a sum around the US$92 million bribe figure mentioned in a New York, USA court, but has claimed this was in payment for his services as commercial representative of Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic.
On 2 February 2018, Diario Libre carried a report from the Attorney General that it had requested from the Tax Agency (DGII) information on 74 companies linked to Rondón in the Dominican Republic and the latter’s tax returns from 2000.
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7 February 2018
