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07-10-2008, 03:50 PM
The fight against crime has required increased levels of cooperation between state prosecutors and the drafting of enhanced plans to ensure the security of citizens worldwide, says President Leonel Fernandez. Fernandez was speaking during the XVI General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of State Prosecutors. Attorney Generals from 21 countries in Latin America, Spain and Portugal are attending the conference that is taking place at the Paradisus Palma Real Convention Center in Punta Cana. Fernandez says that the current top priority for countries is to strengthen their judicial systems so that state prosecutors, the courts and national police forces can work together and be more efficient in fighting crime and drug trafficking. "When there is security for citizens and institutions that can guarantee it, the state becomes stronger," said the President.
Fernandez says that the DR has taken steps to strengthen its state prosecutors, known here as public ministry, through judicial reforms. He added that in today's society, state prosecutors have added a new dimension to their work, which is crime prevention. During his speech Fernandez said that on a national level, the government has taken steps to consolidate the role of the state prosecutor by implementing new procedural reforms. He said that state prosecutors now have greater responsibilities in investigating and prosecuting crime. "This translates into a more efficient judiciary, which is able to provide timely answers to a range of social conflicts," said the President in his keynote address.
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Fernandez says that the DR has taken steps to strengthen its state prosecutors, known here as public ministry, through judicial reforms. He added that in today's society, state prosecutors have added a new dimension to their work, which is crime prevention. During his speech Fernandez said that on a national level, the government has taken steps to consolidate the role of the state prosecutor by implementing new procedural reforms. He said that state prosecutors now have greater responsibilities in investigating and prosecuting crime. "This translates into a more efficient judiciary, which is able to provide timely answers to a range of social conflicts," said the President in his keynote address.
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