{"id":121679,"date":"2019-01-24T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T12:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=121679"},"modified":"2019-01-28T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:12:54","slug":"victor-diaz-rua-says-temistocles-montas-should-be-in-the-odebrecht-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/01\/24\/victor-diaz-rua-says-temistocles-montas-should-be-in-the-odebrecht-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor D\u00edaz Rua says Tem\u00edstocles Mont\u00e1s should be in the Odebrecht case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Victor-Diaz-Rua-Listin-Diario.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121787\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Victor-Diaz-Rua-Listin-Diario.png 494w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Victor-Diaz-Rua-Listin-Diario-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Victor D\u00edaz Rua \/ List\u00edn Diario<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking with reporters prior to the start of the hearing for the Oderecht US$92 million bribes case at the Supreme Court of Justice, former Public Works Minister under the Leonel Fernandez administration, Victor Diaz Rua complained that there are people who were excluded from the Odebrecht bribes case despite having publicly admitted receiving the bribe money. The former secretary of finances of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), the ruling government party, complained that a person who had admitted receiving cash is now campaigning in politics after not being included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Diaz did not name the politician, it is well known that former Industry &amp; Commerce Minister Tem\u00edstocles Mont\u00e1s who in June 2017 admitted in a paid space in the media that he had received three contributions for PLD political campaigns in 2008 (San Crist\u00f3bal), 2012 (San Juan de la Maguana) and 2016 (eastern provinces) from \u00c1ngel Rond\u00f3n. ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General has presented accusations for the US$92 million bribe to seven individuals:  Angel Rond\u00f3n Rijo, who served as commercial representative for Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic; former Public Works Minister V\u00edctor D\u00edaz R\u00faa; former presidents of the Senate Andr\u00e9s Bautista and Jes\u00fas V\u00e1squez; lawyer Conrado Pittaluga, senator Tommy Gal\u00e1n Grull\u00f3n, and former director of the National Institute of Potable Water and Sewage, Roberto Rodr\u00edguez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/01\/23\/550557\/diaz-rua-cuestiona-que-gente-que-recibio-dinero-de-odebrecht-no-fue-incluida-en-acusacion\">Listin Diario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>http:\/\/eldia.com.do\/diaz-rua-critica-precandidato-pld-fuera-sacado-del-caso-odebrecht\/ <br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/01\/24\/550644\/rondon-quiere-un-arreglo-relacionado-con-sobornos\">Listin Diario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24 January 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking with reporters prior to the start of the hearing for the Oderecht US$92 million bribes case at the Supreme Court of Justice, former Public Works Minister under the Leonel Fernandez administration, Victor Diaz Rua complained that there are people who were excluded from the Odebrecht bribes case despite having publicly admitted receiving the bribe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/01\/24\/victor-diaz-rua-says-temistocles-montas-should-be-in-the-odebrecht-case\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121679"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121790,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121679\/revisions\/121790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}