Former Vice-President of the Republic, Margarita Cedeño, said today that she trusts the authorities conducting the investigation of the affidavits of some former officials of the former Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) government.
He believed that we should wait for the process to be completed, and he hopes it will be transparent and fair.
“Now we must hope that justice really does act and that a fair and transparent conclusion is reached, and I also trust the authorities, my teacher, with an unparalleled capacity, such as Dr. Miriam Germán possesses,” he replied after Cedeño. asked by journalists on the matter when he went to vote this afternoon in the National House of the PLD, where the new members of the Central Committee of that political organization are elected.
The Special Prosecutor Against Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) is investigating several officials from the previous government, accusing them of illegal enrichment, including the former Treasury Secretary Donald Guerrero, the reserve bank’s examiner, Simón Lizardo, the former director of social security. plan of the Presidency, Iris Guaba and others.
The former vice president also referred to the price increases in basic necessities and agreed with what was said yesterday by President Luis Abinader, who pointed out that the situation was due to external factors caused by the pandemic.
He considered the situation very worrying and that the outlook would be more daunting had the social programs of the previous government not been in place.
“And certainly if the social programs being implemented by the PLD government today had not been there, the situation would really be much more precise and worrying,” he said.
He understands that the current government has a major challenge. “It must be recognized, it is the result of external circumstances resulting from this pandemic that has affected us all,” he agreed.
However, he said it should be recognized that the measures and the social protection system being implemented by the PLD today allow the country to enjoy a certain social stability “and a certain calm in governance”.
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Cedeño was hopeful about the process this political organization is developing next Sunday, where she will elect the new members of its Central Committee, which she sees as more open, transparent and participatory.
He emphasized the fact that on this occasion a group of young people will have the opportunity to integrate this internal body to strengthen and renew it.