Yesterday the former administrator of the Dominican Republic was acquitted National lottery, Luis Maisichell Dicentwho was the main defendant among the defendants of the Operation 13, through which a fraudulent raffle was carried out on May 1, 2021.
The ruling of the judges generated some concern among some representatives of the civil societywho understand that the freedom of Dicent, as well as that of other cases of alleged corruption, weakens the justice system. Despite the fact that they criticized the verdict, they understand that we must wait for the final sentence to know their motivations.
On the subject, the general coordinator of Citizen Participation, Leidy Blancosaid that the Dominican people have not yet had exemplary sentences on corruption issues.
He stated that despite the fact that the judges determined that the Public ministry did not present sufficient evidence against Dicent, Attorney Wilson Camacho will appeal the sentence, so he calls to wait for the final ruling. He reiterated that corruption is a “serious” issue and that it affects not only part of the people, but all citizens.
“Corruption is a serious issue, corruption is an issue that touches all of us, because corruption steals even our hopes,” Blanco said during his attendance at the accountability of the Attorney General of the Republic, Miriam German Brito.
It considered that, despite the decision of the judges, the Public Ministry has not failedFrom what he understands, it is necessary to wait for the processes to be exhausted in the cases of alleged sound corruption dismantled by the body.
“On repeated occasions we have seen that magistrates, in this case prosecutors, have to overprove, and there is a culture of overproving in matters of corruption. However, we have also seen in the exercise of the prosecutors that when they leave the hearings they always appeal to the issue of creating expectations in the population that we will have exemplary sentences on corruption issues, however, to date we have not seen this exercise ” he added.
While, the executive vice president of the Institutionality and Justice Foundation (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castañostated that the decision caught his attention, however, he indicated that, to be fair, they should review the grounds of the judges to determine the ruling.
“It is a decision that has caught the attention of the public, everyone is questioning the ruling, but I think that to be fair we have to wait and read what the grounds were, we have to understand that the cases are not based only on theory, So we have to see how these tests were presented”, said Servio Tulio Castaños Guzmán.
