Rule of Law or Rule of the person-which is more important?

[Chip]

Originally Posted by Lambada

Another example would be the Plan Renove case - Supreme Court has upheld lower court's judgement which means prison terms of 3 months to 4 years for some of the Transport Unions heads (plus fines). Reaction? The unions threaten work stoppage. Plan Renove was a massive fraud (do I recall 1.8 billion pesos correctly?) so in this case I hope Rule of Law prevails.

http://www.elcaribecdn.com/articulo_...E35&Seccion=63

Nice article. I especially like the comments:

empiece a desaparecer la impunidad en el país

Es necesario que la judicatura siga sancionando a cualquier persona implicada en corrupción sin importar el nivel de la persona de quien se trate.

BTW, what was Plan Renove?

[A.Hidalgo]

We could probably find endless examples of rule of law vs rule of the person.....just pick up any newspaper.

[Lambada]

Originally Posted by Chip

BTW, what was Plan Renove?

Read the papers Chip . This has been yo-yoing between Courts for the last 4 years or so. Fraudulent use of state money in relation to purchase of public vehicles; there was even a foreign guy involved (an Israeli resident in US) who legged it during one of the hearings. Each time a Court issues a finding of guilt, the accused appeal. Summary from 2005 here
Condenan a prisión a diez de los catorce acusados en caso Plan Renove

Google in Spanish to get full history
Plan Renove

From DR1 News 24th. Oct 2005:
Sam Goodson to be extradited (foreigner referred to above)
One of the key figures in the RENOVE corruption case, Sam Goodson, a.k.a. Shlomo Ben-Tov, will be extradited back to the Dominican Republic to stand trial for his part in the RD$1.8 billion scandal. Readers may remember that last spring Goodson left the Dominican Republic as the magistrate was still reading his decision to send the case to trial. In August, judge Esther Agelan Casasnovas declared Goodson to be a fugitive from justice. As reported in Diario Libre, this is the first time that a United States citizen will have been extradited to the Dominican Republic, although two Dominican residents of the United States have been extradited in the past. The Southern District of Florida Federal Court accepted the Dominican request for extradition last Friday. Goodson figured as the head of the Hyundai Americas Corporation. In April, while magistrate Alfredo Rios Fabian was reading the restraining orders that consisted of a RD$50 million bail bond and no exit permit, Goodson walked out of the courtroom with his lawyers. The presiding judge had indicated that there were enough indications about Goodson's participation to hold him for trial.

Also read
DR1 - Daily News 10 February 2004

[NALs]

Originally Posted by A.Hidalgo

We could probably find endless examples of rule of law vs rule of the person.....just pick up any newspaper.

I was planning to type a 500 word essay, but since you said it in one sentence, I'll leave it at that.

-NALs

[El sabelotó]

Originally Posted by NALs

I was planning to type a 500 word essay, but since you said it in one sentence, I'll leave it at that.

-NALs

Type? Why change now? Cut-and-paste was good enough for sweetbabyjesus and good enough for you.

[NALs]

Originally Posted by El sabelotó

Type? Why change now? Cut-and-paste was good enough for sweetbabyjesus and good enough for you.

Coming from you, I'll take it as a complement.

Thanks sabe ná, I mean sabelotó.

-NALs

[Julio Tulio]

Santo Domingo is the golden rule meets the "its good to be the king"(in our case a member of the party in power).


Any case can be put away or dismissed there for a few thousand greenbacks,even murder.