At the headquarters of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, there is an atmosphere of terrorafter this Monday morning was The head of the institution, Orlando Jorge Mera, was assassinated with several shots.
A SWAT team from the National Police entered the buildings where the Ministry of Tourism is also located. It is presumed that at least one of the attackers is entrenched in the place. of the official by the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party.
An ambulance has also arrived. Shots were heard again.
The causes of the tragedy are still unknown.
Who was Orlando Jorge Mera, Minister of the Environment?
Orlando Jorge Merawho was killed by several shots this Monday morning, was the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.
Mera was born in Santiago de los CaballerosDominican Republic, fruit of the relationship between former president Salvador Jorge Blanco and Mrs. Asela Altagracia Mera Checo.
He studied at the San Ignacio de Loyola school, graduating in 1984. Later, in 1991, he graduated in Law, Summa Cum Laude, at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), a house of higher studies where he has served as a teacher in the subjects of Media Law; Administrative Law and Introduction to Law, the same branches that she has taught at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE).
He is a dedicated beekeeper, an activity that has represented a pillar in the construction of his commitment to the environment and that has motivated him to become a faithful defender of natural resources.
Partner at Jorge Mera & Villegas, he has a master’s degree in Business Administration (2013) from the Dominican American University (UNICDA). He is currently a doctoral candidate in Law at the Universidad de Externado de Colombia and PUCMM.
Inspired by his family’s political-partisan and public service history, he heard at an early age the call to serve, to mark a before and after in all the positions and roles that he had to play, such as Minister of the Environment. appointed by decree 324-20.
He was coordinator of various Permanent Commissions of the Senate of the Dominican Republic, from 1998 to 2000. Also, coordinator of the National Commission for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, representing the country in various world scenarios in this field.
He chaired the Intellectual Property Negotiation Group of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA).
During the 2000-2004 constitutional government of President Hipólito Mejía, he was President of the Institute Dominican Telecommunications (INDOTEL)with the rank of Secretary of State, where he achieved the objective of raising the visibility of telecommunications in the country as a pillar of development with a future perspective.
Between 2003-2004, he again set a milestone, when he was part of the Negotiating Commission of the DR-CAFTA Free Trade Agreementwhich meant the integration of the Dominican Republic into this important trade agreement, fostering the pillars of sustainable development and the social impact of these agreements, particularly in the most vulnerable sectors.
He was a founding member of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM)of which he was its acting president, from 2015 to 2019. In March 2019 he assumed the position of political delegate before the Central Electoral Board.
Jorge Mere played stellar roles in the fight against corruption and the end of impunitytwo of the essential pillars of the campaign that led the Modern Revolutionary Party to be the winner in the first round.
