Prosecutors in the National District and elsewhere in the province of Santo Domingo told reporters from Diario Libre that the new Code of Penal Procedures was being implemented without any problems within the jurisdiction. Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero and Perfecto Acosta said they were working together with police investigators and examining magistrates in using the new procedures. Hernandez Peguero said that they were being “effective” in their work. The prosecutor pointed out that incidents that occurred until midnight on 26 September would be processed in the temporary “liquidation” tribunals. Those events that took places after that time will be treated under the new code. Acosta pointed out that the application of the new penal process was being effected with highly collaborative efforts within the judicial system. He informed that he had held meetings with judges in order for the new cases to be handled quickly, as required by the new laws. And, he said, so far there have been no major difficulties in applying the law.