The President of the Republic, Louis Abinaderreceived the credentials of three ambassadors appointed by the governments of Germany, Netherlands Y Mexico to represent them before the Dominican State.
Among them was Carlos Miguel Aysa González, from the United Mexican States, against whom a block of deputies from the Mexican Congress sent a letter to the president last April Abinader and the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
It is recalled that the coordinators of the parliamentary groups of the National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Democratic Revolution (PRD) parties warned the Dominican authorities that the appointment of Aysa González “would put at risk” relations between both countries that, according to them, “cannot and should not be affected by a political designation tarnished by corruption”.
They claimed that Aysa González got the position of ambassador in a disputed exchange with the Mexican ruler. The diplomat had agreed “to an agreement with the Federal Government to hand over the State of Campeche, to the movement led by the president, in exchange for the appointment as ambassadorthus affecting the democratic life of our country”.
The congressmen affirmed that the alleged negotiations “influence the internal life of our country and that they promote corruption from the highest level of government.”
“Distinguished members of the political life of the Dominican Republic, in the current administration the practice of exchanging favors for a diplomatic appointment has become a constant, calling into question the great work of our nation in international relations, to the degree of undermine our Mexican Foreign Service,” they wrote.
Despite the criticism, the Mexican Senate ratified the ambassador pointed out by President López Obrador.
Carlos Miguel Aysa González is a lawyer by profession and before his appointment he had served in his country as Governor of the State of Campeche.
Germany Y Netherlands
The second diplomat to present credentials to the president Abinader It was Maike Friendrichse, who has been in the diplomatic service of her country since 2006.
She has served as head of the deputy mission of the Embassy of her country in Managua, Nicaragua. In addition, she was responsible for International Development Policy at the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank at the Embassy of Germany in Washington, United States.
The third to present letters of credence was the ambassador of the Kingdom of NetherlandsFredridk Lammert Keurhorst, who at the time of his appointment was serving as ambassador in Valletta, Malta.
Previously, he was head of the department of the Maghreb and the Gulf countries in the Directorate of North Africa and the Middle East on behalf of his country.
After the ceremony was over, the notes of the national anthems of the countries of each were played on the front esplanade. ambassador.
