Santo Domingo.– The executive director of Casa Abierta, Juan Raddamés de la Rosa Hidalgo, urgently called on President Luis Abinader to address the constant decrease in resources destined to support non-profit associations (ASFL) that work on prevention and treatment of addictions.
De la Rosa Hidalgo expressed this concern following the recent delivery to the Ministry of Finance of more than 108 billion pesos in property, jewelry and cash by Judge Miriam Germán Brito, Attorney General of the Republic.
According to him, this action constitutes a violation of Law 155-17 Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.
“This decision is, in our opinion, a violation of legal provisions and evidence that in our country the application of the laws depends on the discretion of those who have the responsibility of complying with them and enforcing them,” he said.
He recalled that for years social organizations that work to reduce the demand for drugs have insisted on compliance with article 33 of Law 155-17, which establishes that 15% of the resources generated by this law must be allocated to these associations.
However, as he explained, “the answers were always: there is no availability.”
De la Rosa Hidalgo criticized that the delivery of the aforementioned resources to the Ministry of Finance has been justified by compliance with the new Law 60-23, which regulates the administration of seized, seized and abandoned assets.
He pointed out that this decision ignores the principle of non-retroactivity of laws and eliminates transitional article 33 of Law 155-17, leaving the mandate that guaranteed 15% null and void.
