After more than four and a half years of audiences, incidents and evidence, Alexis Medina Sánchezmain imputed in the file of alleged administrative corruption, was summoned by the Second Collegiate Court of the National District to present its last defense next Wednesday, July 30.
The judicial process, which began in December 2020, has been one of the most emblematic of the fight against corruption in the Dominican Republicand has kept public opinion in expectation for the magnitude of the accusations and the profile of those involved, among them, Alexis Medinaformer president’s brother Danilo Medina.
This Wednesday, Medina Sánchez was ready to exercise her right to Self -defensehowever, the magistrates of the court decided to postpone the hearing for the advanced time. It will be in the next session when your Final intervention before moving on to the conclusive stage of the process.
Upon departure from the court, the accused said not to trust the Dominican justice.
Request Return of goods
Prior to the intervention of the accused, his Lawyers They presented their closing speechin which they not only rejected the charges made by the Public Ministrybut also requested the return of dozens of goods that, allege, were seized irregularly.
- Among those goods are solar, apartments, luxury vehicles and a considerable sum of cash.
The defense insists that it has not been possible to prove that these assets have been acquired as a result of illicit acts, and questions the legality of the seizures made by the Public Ministry.
The end of a extensive process
With the final presentation of Alexis Medinathe case enters your definitive phase. Subsequently, the Public Ministry You will have the opportunity to replicate the allegations of the defense, and then the Lawyers Defensores may counteract those arguments in a last round of interventions.
Once these steps, the court, composed of the JUDGES Claribel Nivar, Clara Sobeida Castillo and Yissel Soto, will retire to deliberate on the verdict that will end one of the judicial processes longer and more complex that Dominican justice has faced in recent years.
- The accusation against Medina Sánchez and other defendants occupies more than 3,400 pages, and points it as a leader of a grid that allegedly benefited from irregular contracts with state institutions for more than 4.5 billion pesos during the management of the Dominican Liberation Party.
