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01-11-2012, 03:50 PM
The controversial mayor of Cabarete Gregorio Antonio Mora (alias Canoa) has been remanded in preventive custody. Mora refuses to comply with a decision by a court of first instance in April 2011, ordering him to deliver information on revenues, spending and contracts signed by his city government.
Judge Jakaira Veras set his bail payment at RD$100,000 and banned foreign travel.
The president of the Puerto Plata College of Lawyers, Victor Mena Graveley told El Caribe that the case was started by the Cabarete Development Association (Adeca) last year. In a press release, Adeca says that Mora has failed to comply with the law of access to public information.
Mena says that the law establishes that any government official who arbitrarily refuses to submit, obstructs or impedes access to anyone who requests the information will be penalized with a six- month to two-year prison sentence, as well as a five-year ban on being a government official.
Mena says that the First Hall of the Civil Chamber of the Judicial Department of Puerto Plata imposed a payment of a penalty of RD$2,000 per day for delaying compliance with the order to deliver the town's financial reports. Mena says that Mora is already in arrears for more than RD$500,000.
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Judge Jakaira Veras set his bail payment at RD$100,000 and banned foreign travel.
The president of the Puerto Plata College of Lawyers, Victor Mena Graveley told El Caribe that the case was started by the Cabarete Development Association (Adeca) last year. In a press release, Adeca says that Mora has failed to comply with the law of access to public information.
Mena says that the law establishes that any government official who arbitrarily refuses to submit, obstructs or impedes access to anyone who requests the information will be penalized with a six- month to two-year prison sentence, as well as a five-year ban on being a government official.
Mena says that the First Hall of the Civil Chamber of the Judicial Department of Puerto Plata imposed a payment of a penalty of RD$2,000 per day for delaying compliance with the order to deliver the town's financial reports. Mena says that Mora is already in arrears for more than RD$500,000.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)