Legislators of the former ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) have been attending and then abandoning the legislative halls in Congress. The PLD legislators say the government is giving a political stance to corruption cases filed in Dominican courts. The cases affect close family members of former President, and several of his cabinet ministers and high-ranking directors.
The blocks of senators and deputies of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) left the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, 28 March 2023, this time protesting that police agents prevented the party militants from marching on Sunday, 27 March 2023 from the Palace of Justice of Ciudad Nueva where three former Danilo Medina administration ministers are being held in prison awaiting pre-trial measures. In a late development, the newest corruption case presented to the judiciary is that of former Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo, Administrative Minister of the Presidency José Ramón Peralta and Hacienda Donald Guerrero, among others that are accused of irregularities in the so-called Calamar Operation. In Operation Squid, prosecutors are presenting evidence regarding irregular government payments for RD$19 billion.
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Insight Crime
29 March 2023