Dominican Republic overseer names scofflaw officials

Santo Domingo.- AccountsChamber president Licelott Marte on Tuesday delivered to Justice minister FranciscoDominguez Brito a list of 1,222 officials who haven’t submitted their financialstatements, and should face criminal prosecution.

In the list figure 32ambassadors, 37 consuls, 205 heads of municipal districts, 152 municipaltreasurers and even 11 National Social Security Council representatives, amongothers.

It also names 213 NationalPolice and Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) commanders, central and regionaldirectors and deputy directors, among other law enforcement officials.

Marte said the ambassadors who violated the law are RafaelCalventi, Germany; Ramón Alejandro Arias, Brazil; Alejandro Gonzalez Pons,Belgium; Héctor Virgilio Alcántara, Canada; Pablo Arturo Marinez, Chile; BriuniGarabito, Colombia; Greece Pichardo, Korea; Luis Arias Núñez, Argentina and VíctorReynaldo Lora Díaz, Ecuador.

Also María Gabriela Bonetti, Egypt; José Manuel Castillo,El Salvador; Clara Martínez Theddy, United Arab Emirates; Rubén Silié, Haití;José Osvaldo Leger, Honduras; José Juan Hernández, Irán, and Alexander de laRosa, Israel.

In addition, José Tomás Ares Germán Jamaica; HectorPaulino Domínguez, Japan; Great Britain, Federico Cuello Camilo; Mexico,Fernando Pérez; Paraguay, Marino Beregüete; Peru, Rafael Julian Cedano,Portugal, Jaime Duran Hernando; Qatar, Hugo Guiliani Cury; Russia, Jorge Luis PerezAlvarado; Vatican, Victor Grimaldi; South Africa, Raul Fernando Barrientos Lara;Sweden, Marina Isabel Caceres; Trinidad and Tobago, Jose Serrulle Ramia;Uruguay, Daniel Guerrero; Venezuela, Adonaida Medina, and Austria, RamónQuiñones.

The list includes the consuls in Antwerp, Belgium, RafaelHernández; Amsterdam, Mary Brazobán; Anse a Pitre, Maximo Felix Terrero;Antigua and Barbuda, Adriano Alberto Herrera; Aruba, Joseline Rosario Romero;Beijing, Rosa Ng Báez; Belladere Andres Fortuna; Cap Haitien, Esteban AntonioCruz; Caracas, Jaime Manuel Santelises; Colombia, Crismely Lora Abrey; Cuba,Cinthia Leonor Vicioso; Curacao, Carmen Virginia Cardona; France, CarmenGermosén; Boston, Carmen Almonte; Miami, Eduardo Sanchez; Miguel AngelRodriguez; and Genoa, Mercedes Brito Veras.

Also the consuls of Guadalupe, Andrea Medina Rodriguez;Hong Kong, Myrna Josefina Pichardo; Canary Islands, Irma Mireya Bautista;Jamaica, Jeremiah Jimenez; Juana Mendez, Francisco Gustavo Lemberg; Madrid, Juande Jesus Felix Cuevas; Marseille, France, José Manuel Colón; Mayaguez, PuertoRico, Jose Stefan Bosch; Mexico, Eneida Lopez Ramirez; Montreal, Canada, RaquelJacobo Jaar; New Orleans, Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo; Panama, DomingoRamirez; Czech Republic, Ramon Carreno; Rio de Janeiro, Baltazar FiguereoSierra; San Juan, Puerto Rico, Juan de Dios Alvarado Grullón; San Pedro Sula,Honduras, Ricardo Enrique Peynado; Sevilla, Juan Borg Gil; and Toronto,Guillermo Estrella.

Francisco Dominguez saidthe officials who failed to submit their financial statement will be subpoenaedfor investigation for presumed illicit enrichment, in compliance with Law311-14, "above all, those who were removed from a post to anotherposition, or have lost their functions and haven’t presented it."