The attorney general of the Dominican Republic, Miriam German Brito, stated this Monday that he will remain in the position until National Council of the Judiciary (CNM) make the election of who will replace her.
“I had clarified that I am going to remain until the election of the new attorney and that has a prior question”Attorney General of the Republic
In this sense, he said that for this it is necessary to exhaust a series of processes, among them: process of publication of the law, as well as all established deadlines.
“In the meantime I’m there, I hope that it is resolved as quickly as I wish”Attorney General of the Republic
The highest representative of Public Ministry He agreed to stay in office at the request of the president. Luis Abinader, who asked him to remain until the Constitution of the Republic was modified, which was proclaimed in October and which establishes that the CNM must select the new attorney of a proposal from the Executive Branch.
Germán Brito had expressed on several occasions his interest in not remaining in office in this new period of government and made reference to his age and health.
- “I do not aspire to anything after this… if I arrive or they let me reach the end… of this period. If my health and all my things allow me, I will hand over to the new government, on the 24th “I’m 75 years old and then I’ll be 76, and you can’t do that much,” he once said.
