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Santo Domingo.- The Fourth Instruction Court of the National District ordered this Friday the doctor treating former senator Rafael Calderón to hand over to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) the health record of the defendant for corruption who has been requesting postponements of hearings since last November due to medical leave.
Judge Altagracia Ramírez accepted the request made by the Public Ministry with the purpose of complying with the procedural times in the knowledge of the preliminary hearing against former ministers Donald Guerrero, Gonzalo Castillo, José Ramón Peralta and others, explained the court prosecutor Mirna Ortiz, head of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca). You may be interested in: http://Santiago Hazim solicita prisión domiciliaria sin impedimento de salida por condición de salud Ortiz recalled, in a press release, that the defendant Calderón presented yesterday, Thursday, another 30-day medical leave. "Following even a concern from the court and some defenses about streamlining the process, the Public Ministry directed efforts so that, in less than 24 hours, the Inacif could establish the health condition of the accused; however, although the certified professionals of the Inacif carried out the visit and the medical inspection, by not being able to have access to the file, they could not establish conclusions," added the magistrate.“For that reason, we prosecutors request the court, to avoid a 30-day suspension, to order the defendant's attending physician to provide a copy of the medical record to Inacif,” said Mirna Ortiz.
Judge Ramírez ordered the immediate delivery of the defendant's complete medical record to the Inacif so that the forensic institution can carry out the expert examination properly substantiated. The hearing was adjourned for the second time this week, with a new date set for next Thursday, December 18th. The defendants in the case are being prosecuted for defrauding the Dominican State of more than 19,000 million pesos. The processed individuals allegedly formed a structure that diverted the aforementioned millionaire sum through irregular payments for expropriations of land declared of public utility, as well as through bribes used to finance the 2020 election campaign. The Public Ministry in this case filed charges against 46 natural and legal persons. The group is prosecuted for engaging in criminal association, embezzlement, collusion of officials, falsification of public and private documents, bribery and illicit campaign financing on an unprecedented scale and money laundering, among others. In this case file, the prosecuting body also charges lawyer Ángel Lockward, and the former director of the State Sugar Council (CEA), Luis Miguel Piccirilo. Also, to Roberto Santiago Moquete Ortiz, to Aldo Antonio Gerbasi Fernández, former official of the Public Debt Recognition Department of the Treasury; to the former head of Gambling of the Treasury, Julián Omar Fernández Figueroa, and to the former director of National Cadastre, Claudio Silver Peña. Also, to Alejandro Constanzo Sosa, Marcial Reyes, the siblings Ana Linda and Emir José Fernández de Paola, Óscar Chalas Guerrero and Agustín Mejía.
