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09-03-2010, 05:00 PM
The director of the Department for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption, Hotoniel Bonilla said that the justice system is not made out to punish corrupt politicians. He said in the last 10 years, RD$104 billion has been embezzled in known corruption cases. As reported in Diario Libre, Bonilla estimates that 95% of the corruption cases filed since 2000 have gone unpunished. He says the people who have been convicted are "the little fish."
He said the cases of alleged corruption are investigated by his department and turned over to the Justice Department.
"The state of law supposedly conceived in the Constitution has an original mistake. And that is that the citizens of this country are not all equal, not even we officials are all equal," he said.
Bonilla has been in the job for six years.
"When we send an official to the courts, if he is of a lower rank, the evidence is sufficient, the appeals are declared unacceptable and he serves his time," he commented.
But he warned that "when the officials are among the powerful, there is no way to convict them."
As reported in Listin Diario, Bonilla said: "The political system has a great deal of influence on the judicial system, including the prosecutor general, the Police and all investigative bodies".
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He said the cases of alleged corruption are investigated by his department and turned over to the Justice Department.
"The state of law supposedly conceived in the Constitution has an original mistake. And that is that the citizens of this country are not all equal, not even we officials are all equal," he said.
Bonilla has been in the job for six years.
"When we send an official to the courts, if he is of a lower rank, the evidence is sufficient, the appeals are declared unacceptable and he serves his time," he commented.
But he warned that "when the officials are among the powerful, there is no way to convict them."
As reported in Listin Diario, Bonilla said: "The political system has a great deal of influence on the judicial system, including the prosecutor general, the Police and all investigative bodies".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)