The Alianza Dominicana contra la Corrupción, a civic society group, requested that President Hipolito Mejia dismantle its Department for the Prevention of Corruption as latest events detract from the credibility of its work. Recently, the director of the Department of Investigations, Police Captain and lawyer Frener Bello Arias resigned. The resignations of Ramon Evans, in charge of audits, and Norma Parra, in charge of the audit of the Civil Aviation Board, have also raised eyebrows as to internal conflicts within the organization. The director of the department, Jesus Felix Jimenez has not offered an explanation to the press. Bello Arias told the press Jesus Felix Jimenez was the person to speak to about the problems within the organization. Hoy newspaper, in its page two column, says that what people are saying is that the chief investigator could not resist pressures from outside to selectively incriminate former Fernandez administration officials. Hoy newspaper says that Bello Arias was responsible for investigations regarding the case of the Programa de Empleo Minimo Eventual (PEME) and for including Diandino Peña, Haivanjoe Ng Cortiñas and Simon Lizardo in the case. Under study by the department are the PEME, Civil Aviation-ICAO project, Inespre, IDSS, remodeling Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Maternity Hospital, construction of the Jacobo Majluta avenue, National Lottery, management of the Municipality of Santo Domingo, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Alianza Dominicana contra la Corrupción, a civic society group, requested that President Hipolito Mejia dismantle its Department for the Prevention of Corruption as latest events detract from the credibility of its work. Recently, the director of the Department of Investigations, Police Captain and lawyer Frener Bello Arias resigned. The resignations of Ramon Evans, in … <\/p>\n