The Supreme Court, hits and misses.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Government’s Anticorruption Department (DPCA) affirmed Thursday that the justice system isn’t able punish corrupt politicians, because in the last 10 years RD$104.0 billion have been embezzled just in the major cases.
Hotoniel Bonilla said from 2000 to 2010 more than 95% of the corruption cases have gone unpunished, because those who’ve been condemned "are the little ones."
He said those cases of alleged corruption are those which have been investigated and submitted to Justice. “The social state of law that we conceived supposedly in the Constitution has a fault of origin and it’s that we the citizens in this country aren’t equal, nor we the officials are equal."
Bonilla said he bases his criterion on what he’s been able to verify throughout the six years in the DPCA. "When we send X public servant of a lower hierarchy to the courts the evident is sufficient, the appeals are declared inadmissible and they serve out their sentences."
However the Assistant DA warned that "when they are powerful there’s no way to condemn them."
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Who is Shocked Shocked ???????
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Stick a fork in them .........theyre done !
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
I'm not......
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
Yes..money counts in the legal system here and it is a total tragedy for everyone ..the citizens who have had over 100 billion pesos taken out of the system , the lower ranked officials who receive different justice from the higher ranked and for the law officials who are engraving the corruption into the system .
The situation is even worse if you add the money taken by the police and army personnel because the study in the article is only for politicians
I suppose this man Señor Bonilla will be removed soon for saying this .
I do not know what the solution is but I am sure Dominicans can not fix the problem and that we need an anti corruption force headed by people from , for example Canada or Britain, where corruption by officials is despised and dealt with expeditiously and harshly .
From: United States, Brooklyn
It's nice to know how much has been stolen
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Written by: CarlosFranco, 3 Sep 2010 9:12 AM
From: United States, Brooklyn
It's nice to know how much has been stolen
A mere Bag of Shells "
Written by: ElChico, 3 Sep 2010 10:30 AM
From: United States
Well when the president doesn't really want to truly combat corruption there is no impetus no force behind combating it...
Written by: jeb21, 3 Sep 2010 12:12 PM
From: United States
ElChico - I agree. This is maybe the most telling about the Dominican Republic. How disgusting is this? Anticorruption in the DR???? Doesn't seem to matter - does it? Where is the outrage?
Written by: rbrayan, 3 Sep 2010 1:08 PM
From: Dominican Republic
It would be a calamity to our great country if something isn't done to rectify what has been going on within our political system for much too long, outright corruption. Law is a system of rules that is enforced through a set of institutions. And do we have these institutions intact within our political system?Believe it or not, we do. However, they are not implementing the authority given to them as public officials. and in many cases, they wont implement the weight of the law on themselves,relatives, and close friends.
The basic obligations of public service are being undermined when an official maintains a close relationship with an industry he/she oversees or regulates. We need a better system of check and ballance.
This is not to say that we don't have a functioning government because we do. What we really need is for the people to understand and realize the power that we posses. Once we understand this we will have a better government.
From: United States
Viva Bosch y la Constitución del 1963... el único que logro erradicar la corrupción, en particular de la policía... Con toda honestidad les digo que son noticias como esta que dan vergüenza decir que soy Dominicano. BALSA DE SALTIADORE!!
Written by: shorty, 3 Sep 2010 3:11 PM
From: Canada
No different than in the US. How quickly we forget the corrupt Oliver North and Gen Richard Secord. Secord, who managed to stash over $2 mill in swiss bank accounts and was found guilty never even had to give the money back as the appellate court ruled a lack of jurisdiction. Now he steals money from investors as the CEO in a fraudulent stock deal and Ollie get paid as a talking head on TV. Crime does pay appparantly
The more powerful the politician, the less they are punished. This certainly isn't a situation unique to the DR
Written by: dvfco, 3 Sep 2010 3:31 PM
From: United States
Does anyone think the US is any different? We just elect senators and congresspeople and then their family members are given jobs for millions per year as lobbyists. Why would people donate hundred of thousands of dollars in contributions to politicians if they didn't expect to get back 10X or 100X in return?
Let's jus say 95% of politicians in every country are corrupt and sell out their fellow countrymen and women. It's not limited to the DR or any country (unforuntately).
From: United States
Only here would they treat the court systems as a used car, if its too broken, just forget about it and keep trying. Maybe they should try to fix the system, starting at the top. The laws of gravity say those below better get out of the way. The system could be fixed in three months!
From: United States
yes, divco, we realise that there is corruption in many other countries of the globe. however, the website is DominicanToday, not EveryOtherCountry In The WorldToday. if you wish to visit the issue from that point of view, you might consider starting a thread in the forum to discuss ubiquitous malfeasance.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
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The situation is even worse if you add the money taken by the police and army personnel because the study in the article is only for politicians
I suppose this man Señor Bonilla will be removed soon for saying this .
I do not know what the solution is but I am sure Dominicans can not fix the problem and that we need an anti corruption force headed by people from , for example Canada or Britain, where corruption by officials is despised and dealt with expeditiously and harshly .
It's nice to know how much has been stolen
From: United States, Brooklyn
It's nice to know how much has been stolen
A mere Bag of Shells "
The basic obligations of public service are being undermined when an official maintains a close relationship with an industry he/she oversees or regulates. We need a better system of check and ballance.
This is not to say that we don't have a functioning government because we do. What we really need is for the people to understand and realize the power that we posses. Once we understand this we will have a better government.
The more powerful the politician, the less they are punished. This certainly isn't a situation unique to the DR
Let's jus say 95% of politicians in every country are corrupt and sell out their fellow countrymen and women. It's not limited to the DR or any country (unforuntately).