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01-06-2009, 01:11 PM
President Leonel Fernandez called a press conference over the holiday break to give his reasons for pardoning convicted Baninter banker Vivian Lubrano and four men convicted for the Plan Renove transport fraud. Lubrano had been sentenced to five years in jail for her active role in the RD$55 billion scam by the bank in 2003, and the pardoned transport union leaders were accused of billions worth of profiteering at taxpayers' expense, backed up by reports issued by the General Controllers office. The government spent millions in public money to prosecute the cases. President Fernandez said his decision was based on humanitarian reasons due to their delicate health conditions. President Fernandez had not called a press conference open to questions from the press in years.
The press conference came on the heels of reports that after being pardoned on 22 December, Lubrano left the Abel Gonzalez clinic where she had been staying instead of at the Najayo Jail and was spotted getting her hair highlighted at a beauty salon in Jarabacoa, a mountain resort area. Following the public uproar in the wake of the presidential pardons, Lubrano returned to the Abel Gonzalez clinic and is now reported to be considering an overseas trip for medical treatment for a heart condition.
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The press conference came on the heels of reports that after being pardoned on 22 December, Lubrano left the Abel Gonzalez clinic where she had been staying instead of at the Najayo Jail and was spotted getting her hair highlighted at a beauty salon in Jarabacoa, a mountain resort area. Following the public uproar in the wake of the presidential pardons, Lubrano returned to the Abel Gonzalez clinic and is now reported to be considering an overseas trip for medical treatment for a heart condition.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)