The senior leader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (DRP), Guido Gomez Mazarathe “advances” that the latest incarcerations of the so-called operation squid would be part of one “political persecution”
“It is a joke to try to confuse politicians prosecuted by MP with political persecution. Disbelieving in the independent nature of magistrates Germán, Berenice and Camacho is an act of complicity with corruption. Keep going, the decent country supports you ”, expressed Gómez Mazara through his Twitter account.
Likewise, he pondered that the most “important” decision of the Government of President Luis Abinader has been the appointment of Miriam Germán as Attorney General of the Republic.
“I disagree with the government, do not agree with the president’s actions. However, the decision of greatest institutional significance consists in the appointment of Miriam Germán as head of the PGR. For this reason, we have at the head of the MP people without ties to the PRM ”, she indicated.
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charles mariotti
The Secretary General of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), charles mariottireiterated that the arrest of Gonzalo Castillo in the so-called operation Squid “is political.”
“Gonzalo Castillo is obviously a political prisoner of this government. From the President of the Republic and from this Government, ”he said.
He also added that the imprisonment of the ex-PLD presidential candidate is the product of the government strategy that would be becoming “regrets” for the country.
“From this Government that every day becomes a factory of pain and sorrow for the Dominican population,” said Mariotti.
coercion postponed
The Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of the National District postponed until next Sunday, March 26 at 9:00 in the morning, the knowledge of the measure of coercion to the detainees through the operation Squid.
The hearing was chaired by the judge kenya romero, coordinator of the investigative courts of this constituency. The persecuting body requested 18 months of preventive detention against those involved, and that the case be declared complex.
Due to space issues, the hearing was held in the courtroom. First Collegiate Court of the Ciudad Nueva Palace of Justice.
Operation Squid
Among the more than 40 raids carried out during the operation squid by the Specialized Prosecution Office against Administrative Corruption (Pepca), among whom are the former presidential candidate for the PLD, Gonzalo Castilloand the ex-ministers of Finance, donald guerrero and administration of the Presidency, Jose Ramon Peralta.
Likewise, the former Comptroller General of the Republic, Daniel Omar Caamaño; the former director of the State Sugar Council (CEA), Luis Miguel Piccirilo; former director of the National Cadastre, Claudio Silver Peña, and the former directors of Casinos and Gambling, Oscar Chalas-Guerrero and Julian Omar Fernandez.
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They were also arrested Roberto Santiago MoqueteAgustín Mejía Ávila, Emil Dávila Fernández, Marcial Reyes, Alejandro Constanzo, Yahaira Brito Encarnación and Ana Linda Fernández.
The accusation by the Public Ministry would be preliminarily supported by association of criminals, embezzlement, coalition of officials, falsification of public and private documents, bribery and illicit campaign financing on an unprecedented scale, money laundering, among others.
