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02-21-2007, 02:00 PM
National District prosecutor Jose Manuel Hernandez has taken Diandino Pena, Simon Lizardo, Haivanhoe Ng Cortinas and Noe Camacho Ovalles off the list of accused in the PEME fraud case now in the courts. Pena is in charge of the metro construction, Lizardo is Controller General, Ng is Superintendent of the Stock Exchange and businessman Camacho. The Minimum Job Program (PEME) handled billions of pesos during the first Fernandez administration (1996-2000) and the four were accused of mishandling RD$1.438 billion of the funds, along with Luis Ynchausti, Grecia Peguero Rivera and Leon Lopez Mata. Just yesterday Ynchausti resigned as one of the major promoters of President Fernandez's re-election bid. Ynchausti and his associates' trial is set to begin on 3 April.
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