President Luis Abinader removed 14 adjunct prosecutors. In Decree 382-20, the President revoked the appointments of seven deputy attorneys general, five assistant attorneys general, one contentious tax attorney and the attorney general in charge of environmental issues. This is half of the adjunct prosecutors.
The list includes Bolívar Sánchez, the number two at the Attorney General Office, who was replaced by Yeni Berenice Reynoso. Sanchez had been in adjunct prosecutor since 2004. He handled the telephone’s taping of then Supreme Court of Justice presiding Penal Chamber judge, Miriam German Brito. The investigation was part of “findings by the Attorney General” that resulted in the judge not passing her assessment to continue as a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice. President Luis Abinader named Miriam German Brito his Attorney General.
Attorney General Miriam German has said this week she would complete the appointments for the new team of prosecutors.
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Listin Diario
23 August 2020