Representatives of the Green March collective delivered to the Presidency on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, a petition demanding that President Danilo Medina appoint a commission and a special prosecutor to investigate the Odebrecht corruption case.
Two of the Green March representatives, Carlos Pimentel and Maria Teresa Cabrera, also delivered a Notary Certification of the 312,415 signatures in the Green Book that have been collected to date calling for the end of impunity for government corruption. The book will remain open and continue to receive signatures in person or online.
The documents were received by the legal advisor to the Executive Branch Flavio Dario Espinal and deputy ministers for the Presidency Zoraima Cuello and Alejandro Liriano.
The members of the collective said that they will continue obtaining signatures. The Green March commission felt it was important to send a message to the government that in only one month, they could rally the support of more than 300,000 persons who have demonstrated their resolve to fight against impunity. The book can be signed online.
On Wednesday 22 February, scores of people throughout the country wore green to protest impunity.
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