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07-19-2011, 03:00 PM
The director of the Department for the Prevention of Administrative Corruption (DPCA) told the press yesterday that the legal system is not designed to penalize politicians in the case of corruption. "He explained that criminal law has been designed as a mechanism of control over the governed and thus people who have lots of economic power, such as drug traffickers, are unlikely to be penalized in the Dominican Republic," said the government official. He said the criminal law was conceived to penalize people who are vulnerable and do not have means to defend themselves. Last week President Leonel Fernandez said that there are no convictions in 90% of the criminal cases sent to justice. Bonilla speculated that the number could be closer to 95%. He says that now that new Supreme Court judges will be appointed this situation should be taken into account. Bonilla spoke during a visit to the Ministry of Youth to express his support for the five young Dominicans who are seeking to set a new Guinness World Record for reading aloud by a team.
As reported in El Caribe, lawyer Francisco Alvarez said that the problem of impunity in the country is not in the legal codes but in the will to persecute crime. "It's very clear that what has been missing are not the rules for fighting corruption, but the will," said Alvarez. He said that was the main flaw in the country's justice system.
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As reported in El Caribe, lawyer Francisco Alvarez said that the problem of impunity in the country is not in the legal codes but in the will to persecute crime. "It's very clear that what has been missing are not the rules for fighting corruption, but the will," said Alvarez. He said that was the main flaw in the country's justice system.
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