Marcha Verde called once again for the public ministry to present a comprehensive Odebrecht corruption case including the recommendation of the indictments of those responsible for the bribes and overvaluations. The Attorney General has presented a case against 14 persons, the majority of whom are former government officers and legislators. The list of the accused does not include officials that signed or entered into dubious contracts or agreements during the Medina administrations. The AG’s office also has not brought charges against officials involved in the Punta Catalina thermoelectrical plant, the largest contract work with Odebrecht.
Leaders of Marcha Verde say that the Attorney General Office needs to carry out a rigorous technical investigation into possibilities of overvaluation of the 22 contracts signed with Odebrecht from 2002 to 2016. Likewise, it requests that the suspect illegal financing of the ruling PLD party election campaigns be investigated. The Attorney General has until May to file the definite accusations.
“In these corruption cases, many potential guilty people have not been investigated,” says Marcha Verde. In a statement, the Green March movement alerts that Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez’s activities have been largely a distraction for citizens and his office has abandoned its prosecutorial responsibilities and seems to be only defending the interests of his party and the government. “That is why the citizens who suffer from our country, our taxes and the future of our children can not rest until all those responsible are investigated and submitted to justice,” reads the statement.
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7 Dias
12 April 2018
