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Former presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno says there is a pandemic of uncontrollable acts of corruption in the current administration, with the example coming from the highest echelons. He added that it was regrettable that State Prosecutors did not pursue any of the charges of corruption that are denounced.

Moreno says that it appears that President Leonel Fernandez doesn’t have the will to prosecute and punish those acts.

For Moreno, the impunity relating to most of these acts is what makes the situation worse. “The amount of corruption is severe: nepotism in government institutions, institutions that make purchases without due process, government officials who assign themselves hefty salaries, per-diems and thousands of other forms of corruption,” he said.

He added that these acts remain unpunished because corruption is the easiest way to achieve wealth in this country.

With a slight tone of pessimism, Moreno added that there was no way things could change in the DR, because the conductor of the orchestra, President Fernandez, hasn’t set the tone, doesn’t instruct, doesn’t lead and doesn’t display the will to punish corruption.