The recent discussion between a General of the Armed Forces and two officers from the General Directorate of Road Safety and Land Transport (Digesett) once again brings to the table the conflicts of the past between members of both institutions due to traffic problems. “There is no rank above the law,” said President Luis Abinader yesterday, and exactly that sentence applies to what happened to General José Manuel Frías Rodríguez two days ago. The serviceman reprimanded two Digesett officers for paying tribute to his trademark while attempting to control his vehicle for traffic violations as it was parked on the National District cycle path. If we include this event, journalistic data shows that this year 2020 at least four incidents occurred between members of the two above-mentioned institutions.
Recent altercation The most recent altercation occurred on December 15, when a Dominican Republic Air Force (FARD) sergeant assaulted a Digesett agent while attempting to fine him. The incident took place on Abraham Lincoln Avenue on the corner of Gustavo Mejía Ricart and was known through a video broadcast via social networks where it is observed when the driver stops halfway down the avenue and slaps the cop, an action that is distracted in which both took out their firearms, but later the driver got into his vehicle and tried to escape from the scene. Just under two months earlier, on October 20, a video broadcast from social networks also revealed a defiant and arrogant attitude from retired Armed Forces General Flavio Jesús Soto Jiménez, who verbally assaulted a soldier who requested that he submit your documents for it. committing a traffic violation. Much of the conversation was plagued by outbursts from the retired general to the cop, to whom he refused to hand over his documents, despite a traffic violation, when he parked his vehicle on a sidewalk.
Middle Road Discussion While on June 1, according to journalistic data, a confusing traffic incident occurred between several soldiers and a traffic officer after passersby witnessed a discussion in front of the Digesett to give a preferred passage to a road. While there were never any official versions of the event, witnesses to the event indicated that around 10:00 am a group of “guards” tried to get the Digesett to give a preferred passage to a specific road, which was a discussion and a “battle” between the members of both institutions.
The ‘revenge’ In 2017, journalistic records date an alleged ‘revenge’ that members of the military planned to avenge ‘brothers in arms’ allegedly assaulted by an agent of the then Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET). .
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It is recalled that some media outlets highlighted an alleged rally on April 11, 2017 at kilometer 9 of the Duarte Highway, where the military began planning a “revenge” against agents of the then AMET while dressed as civilians. on the streets. Days earlier, a video broadcast showed AMET agents threw a FARD soldier to the ground to arrest him. The AMET spokesperson explained at the time that the conflict was triggered by a ‘resistance’ from the detainee, who was preparing to cross the Las Américas tunnel without a protective helmet or documents.