{"id":196057,"date":"2023-04-03T08:05:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=196057"},"modified":"2023-04-03T09:09:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:09:34","slug":"ethics-director-ortiz-bosch-says-merido-torres-should-have-asked-for-a-leave-of-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/ethics-director-ortiz-bosch-says-merido-torres-should-have-asked-for-a-leave-of-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics director Ortiz Bosch says Merido Torres should have asked for a leave of absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Milagros-Ortiz-Listin-Diario.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126729\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Milagros-Ortiz-Listin-Diario.jpeg 614w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Milagros-Ortiz-Listin-Diario-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Milagros Ortiz Bosch, the country&#8217;s former Vice President (2000-2004) and today director of the Ethics Office of the Abinader administration, blasted the incumbent director of the office of titling of state property, Merido Torres, saying that he should have requested a leave of absence by now. Torres is mentioned as a beneficiary of expropriation legal fees in the mega corruption case being heard in the judiciary, known as Operaci\u00f3n Calamar (Operation Squid). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torres is a high-ranking ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) activist. He aspires to be the party candidate to mayor in Santo Domingo East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merido Torres is presently the director of the Technical Executing Unit for the Titling of State Lands (Utect). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2023\/03\/30\/769451\/milagros-ortiz-bosch-dice-director-de-titulacion-deberia-pedir-licencia-tras-ser-nombrado-en-caso-calamar\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/ortiz-bosch-sobre-merido-torres-yo-hubiera-pedido-la-licencia\/\">Hoy <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2023\/04\/02\/unidad-titulacion-terrenos-del-estado-la-iglesia-en-manos-de-lutero-nuria-piera\/\">N Digital <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/03\/30\/merido-torres-says-he-is-not-resigning-mentioned-in-operation-squid\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 April 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milagros Ortiz Bosch, the country&#8217;s former Vice President (2000-2004) and today director of the Ethics Office of the Abinader administration, blasted the incumbent director of the office of titling of state property, Merido Torres, saying that he should have requested a leave of absence by now. Torres is mentioned as a beneficiary of expropriation legal &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/ethics-director-ortiz-bosch-says-merido-torres-should-have-asked-for-a-leave-of-absence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[319,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196057"}],"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=196057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196146,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196057\/revisions\/196146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}