Various sectors of civil society, jurists, communicators and opinion leaders supported the decision of President Luis Abinader to refer to the Attorney General’s Office the report detailing alleged irregularities in the National Health Insurance (SENASA).
The report was deposited in the Attorney General’s Office by Instructions of the presidentthrough the Superintendent of Health and Occupational Risks (Sisalril), Miguel Ceara Hatton, and the executive director of SENASAEdward Guzmán.
The executive’s action has been qualified as a firm step in the fight against corruption and a Commitment to transparency institutional. This was stated by multiple voices from different sectors through social network X, according to a press release.
Julio de la Rosa Tiburciopresident of the Dominican Alliance against Corruption (ADOCCO), said that “no president in recent decades had assumed the responsibility of having an investigation against a former government official.”
He added that this action “marks a milestone in the public administration” and expressed his confidence in the attorney Yeni Berenice Reynoso to thoroughly investigate both officials and service providers linked to the case.
For his part, the president of the Bar Association of the Dominican Republic (Card), Trajan Vidal Potentinistressed that the decision “is a very positive sign and a transcendental step of the government in its fight against corruption“
The communicator Federico Jovine described the measure as “a Firm Government Action“, by technically and legally supporting the investigations already advanced by the Public Ministry.” This is probably the first major case of corruption of this Government. There can be no contemplation here. The government plays its anti -corruption speech in this process, “he warned.
Government’s commitment
Along the same lines, the journalist Virgilio Happy Díaz He argued that sending the report “reaffirms the Government’s commitment with transparency, institutionality and fight against corruptionwithout exceptions or privileges. “
- Also the communicator Diulka PérezPresident of the Editorial Board of El Advance, highlighted the value of act with transparency and punish irregularities.
“Public service is a commitment, not a privilege. We support any action oriented to things do well from The State, for the benefit of the citizen, “he said.
The journalist José Adriano Rodríguez He concluded that the fight against corruption “It is demonstrated with facts” and valued the Executive’s decision as a sign that “the will to combat impunity is firm and continuous.”
