Former Attorney of the Republic Francisco Dominguez Brito came out in front of the statements issued by the president Luis Abander, who stated that he agrees to investigate whether there was corruption in the conception of the Thermoelectric Power Plant Catalina Point.
In this sense, the leader of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) warned the head of state that using blackmail does not contribute to the democratic climate, nor to a healthy and independent justice system in the Dominican Republic.
He stated that, if one speaks of independent justice, it is the Public Ministry and the judges who are responsible for determining whether it is an obligation to initiate the process to investigate every penny that was taken. Catalina Point.
“Are you President Luis Abinader that calls into question what has been expressed in this period of government regarding the judicial processes that are being carried out, since it is evident that there is discrimination as to which cases are and which are not,” Domínguez Brito wrote on Twitter.
The candidate for the presidency of the Republic was emphatic in saying that he will not accept or tolerate the president’s threats Abinader against the PLD.
“Two years into his government, he threatens to investigate possible acts of corruption in Catalina Point. The threat has been his response to questions about the Trust,” he said.
By defending the purple party, he assured that this organization is full of serious people, like him, who do not have tails to be stepped on.
“I assume the unwavering decision to defend your morals and reputation, Luis Abinader I challenge you to make us all the PCR of corruption, whoever feels fear, should buy a black cat”, challenged Domínguez Brito, who was also Minister of the Environment.
President Abinader agreed to investigate Catalina Point, and that he go to Congress and “where he has to go”.
“To the Public Ministry, to investigate every penny that was taken to Catalina PointWe are going to investigate it,” he said when interviewed on the program El Gobierno de la Mañana.
Likewise, it assured that the Trust of Catalina Point it does not imply privatization, so the Thermoelectric Power Plant is and will continue to be 100% public property.
He explained that, on the recommendation of the Liquidation Commission of the Dominican Corporation of State Electric Companies, the Government ordered the constitution of the Central Thermoelectric Public Trust, with which it seeks to preserve and optimize the investment, administration, operation and source of payment of the plants, which does not constitute a privatization.
