He has stolen millions (and more) and therefore does not need a JOB or Title. By not accepting his new position, Segura feels he is dissing LF. Typical Dominican pride (foolish), seen at all status levels in Dominican society. This is a joke, I say, arrest the fool and convict him for fraud/corruption (stealing public funds).

The caption: Et tu, Brute !

the guy was outed by nuria piera as pretending to be running for president in 2012. juago unless you see someone like balaguer in the presidency you wont see these puppet politician arresting anyone.

LF real dirt for removing him is not so obvious, to the plain eye. But again, there are so many other mega corrupt individuals that haven't been fired.
Since he has declared himself a presidential contender for the PLD party, the treatment given to him should have been the same as all the other pre-candidates, and they are still there. So let's wait for the news in the next few days, because if they are not removed as well, no wonder Segura is pissed off.
I will venture that LF is judging how the results for these preliminary steps impact him, before he decides on taking further action.
The public in the Roman circus is thirsting for blood, and just a few human sacrifices, are not enough.
Thumbs down Cesar, the slaughter most go on!

What’s the difference between the PRD and the PLD?

Answer the L!

This is one of the big problems in DR. Some guys can stay at their gov job for so many years even if they are not doing a good job

you gotta love it. this guy makes a mockery of his job, screws things up beyong recognition, then gets canned. what does the government do? offer him a consolation job as ADVISOR!!!!!! only in the DR.

string em up

He should have taken it. Its another sit down do nothing and get paid job. I am sure he didn't even have to show up to the office everyday

It looks better and better for Guillermo Moreno - Presidente 2012!

Hey Segura, you lying thief:

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

I just hope the incoming encuberant has the c******* to fire the rest of his family as well and uncovers what has really been going all these years. But I doubt any of it will come to light or find its way into the public arena. Wonder what his sons girlfriend will do now to earn a living although I expect she has saved a good nest egg to keep her going for a while!

Fire his family members.

Fire his family members.= line them up and shoot them

Lie-onel Fenandez has no moral authority to denounce corruption, especially after what St. James (aka Jaime David Mirabal) is quote as saying in the follwing article:


UN mission re cement plant

The United Nations has named the international consulting team that will study the process whereby the Ministry of Environment issued a permit for installation and operation of a cement plant in the buffer zone of Los Haitises National Park. The cement plant has been the most controversial industry of recent months, receiving a 85% rejection of those surveyed in a recent Gallup poll.
The cement plant would go up in the The karst zone is a unique limestone area with caverns and underground river systems, regarded as a major reservoir for potable water. A judge ordered construction to stop until the case of its impact on the zone could be heard in court.

Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez has said the permission was granted at a special request of President Leonel Fernandez.

Originally, a team of experts of the Ministry of Environment had rejected the project at that site.
The United Nations team will begin its work in the DR next week, said Valerie Julliand, coordinator for the United Nations in the DR.
She explained the specialists were chosen "following criteria of academic ecellence, widespread knowledge of international conventions, work experience with the United Nations, integrity and transparency, among other aspects."
The team members and their background:
Juan Mayr Maldonado, team coordinator, Colombian, former minister of environment in Colombia, former president of the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development.
Leslie F. Molerio, Cuban, geologist with a masters in isotope hydrology, a field that uses tecniques to study the origins and movement of water. Specialist on karst formations.

Member of the UNESCO International World Natural Heritage Review Committee and member of the Speleological Federation of Latin America and the Caribbean (FEALC).
Luis A. Bojorquez, Mexican, biologist with a doctorate in the sustainable management of river basins from the University of Arizona and researcher at the Computational Earth Systems Sciencie de California, and Institute of Ecology at the state university in Mexico (UNAM). Specialist in mapping subterranean waters and their impact on the environment.
Elias Mujica, Peruvian, archaeologist and anthropologist with studies at Cornell University. Consultant to the UNDP/UNESCO project on cultural, urban and environmental heritage. Former chief of the National Institute of Culture of Peru and has been coordinator of the Consortium for Sustainable Develoment of the Andean Ecoregion.
Pierre L. Auger, Canadian physician, with specialty in occupational medicine from London University.

He works in occupational and environmental medicine at the Department of Public Health in Quebec. He has published frequently on air quality and exposure to industrial toxics.
Ray Bustinza, Peruvian, physician with specialty in epidemiology from the University of Laval. Specialized in evaluating risks and impact on health, environment and occupational hazards. He is employed in the Quebec University Hospital Center and is a collaborator for the Panamerican and World Health Organizations.
Eduardo Vadillo, Mexicano, biologist with masters in environment and development from the Polytechnical Institute of Mexico. He has specialized in land use, environmental planning and diagnostics of protected natural areas, industrial installations and contamination of soil and water. He is a professor at the UNAM.

Hernan Mora Corrales, Costa Rica, agronomist graduate of the National Institute of Agronomy of Paris, with a masters in social sciences and economy. Specialist in ecological land use, sustainable development. He has worked for the FAO in Brazil and Paraguay and for the IICA in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Julio Calderon, Panama, biologist with masters from the University of Havana. Vast experience in biodiversity, integral handling of water resources and UN environmental conventions. Responsible for the region of central America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Program.

Source DR1

Now you know why I call our “illustrious” presidente LIE-onel Fernandez!

Bye bye, baby.... see ya, wouldn't want to be ya!!!!!!

Most of what I know about Mr. Segura is what I read in this forum- which, it could be argued, is far from authoritative.

Certainly, there are some individuals here who would despise this man even if he were to become the most pious man there ever was. What hatred!

With that said, by default, I am probably unqualified to criticize this man, Mr. Segura. However, if those forum contributors were to be correct, then I would say: "good riddance"; also, shame on you, Mr. President, for offering him another job!

Citizens are so gullible and so accepting of status quo, that they would probably see the move [job exchange] as something good and stately. what a shame! Hopeless case.

abc for president....he is a good man. Besides, with Dominicans having obvious predilection for gov. doing everything for them and everything that's free, they will really appreciate the free "solar scooter".

Again, abc for president!!

SIT DOWN IN YOUR SEAT!

LF has no strategic to solve the energy problem! He is shooting everything at everywhere to see if anything sticks!

Got bad news for LF, governing is not as easy as you think and the reason you are president is because the voters can't find better alternatives!

What really annoys me about this whole process is that the president is supposedly reacting to people's overwhelmingly negative reaction to rampant corruption.

Well, he clearly selected and appointed these rotten apples.

Does he really think that we are so gullible and deserving of bad government that we would accept these cabinet position shifts? Is that suddenly going to make it right and cleanse these crooked officials? I think not.

Fire them instead and hold them fully accountable for crimes against the people and nation. Try them, convict them and remand them to jail instead, then maybe we could start respecting you a little. That would be the correct an honorable thing to do.

Mr. President, when you merely re-shuffle these crooks, then I would have to assume that you are just like them. Perhaps you are.

This thug with a pen should be arrested and sentenced for theft of public funds. I have seen poverty level citizens arrested for stealing to feed their family. I do not condone this action, but a chicken or a salami is nothing compared to the funds this bag of scum stoled from us.

Fortunately , the justice system even in the DR is sound enough not to condemn or lynch people on mere hearsay or the ravings of reactionary , politically motivated people .and so far the only credible evidence appears to have come from a TV program.
There were announcements early last week that there was to be a high profile prosecution but no one was named and nothing has happened yet.
When it comes to the cement works debacle, there is no logical reason to believe the word of the environmental minister rather than the President ..you could say they are both equally flexible with the truth and with overseeing poor administration ..the cement works approval comes close behind the sale of land in a national park in Boca de Yuma to Spanish opportunists.

HEY BAGMAN.......

The Bag is empty??????????

I need more public funds

We can only hope they remove all his family members and cut the payroll to where it should be. There is some hope some of the electrical issues can be fixed. Most businesses require electricity and not having it results in less investment in the country by foreign companies. They go to Mexico or Idia where labor is cheap and they have 24 hour electricity. This is good news though. Now lets tackle the corruption issues and really bring the DR to shine as a world economy where it should be.

One thing is clear.

We all HOPE for better things to come. I'll be positive again, and then wait and see.

Ricardolito refers to the ravings of reactionary, politically motivated people as being the center of the groundswell against Segura. i wish he would explain to me the nexus between being against corruption and being reactionary.