The controversial mayor of Cabarete Gregorio Antonio Mora (alias Canoa) has been remanded in preventive custody. Mora refuses to comply with a decision by a court of first instance in April 2011, ordering him to deliver information on revenues, spending and contracts signed by his city government. <\/p>\n
Judge Jakaira Veras set his bail payment at RD$100,000 and banned foreign travel. <\/p>\n
The president of the Puerto Plata College of Lawyers, Victor Mena Graveley told El Caribe that the case was started by the Cabarete Development Association (Adeca) last year. In a press release, Adeca says that Mora has failed to comply with the law of access to public information. <\/p>\n
Mena says that the law establishes that any government official who arbitrarily refuses to submit, obstructs or impedes access to anyone who requests the information will be penalized with a six- month to two-year prison sentence, as well as a five-year ban on being a government official.<\/p>\n
Mena says that the First Hall of the Civil Chamber of the Judicial Department of Puerto Plata imposed a payment of a penalty of RD$2,000 per day for delaying compliance with the order to deliver the town’s financial reports. Mena says that Mora is already in arrears for more than RD$500,000. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The controversial mayor of Cabarete Gregorio Antonio Mora (alias Canoa) has been remanded in preventive custody. Mora refuses to comply with a decision by a court of first instance in April 2011, ordering him to deliver information on revenues, spending and contracts signed by his city government. Judge Jakaira Veras set his bail payment at … <\/p>\n