Santiago women, the female face of Justice in Greater Santo Domingo
Nine women, five from Santiago, occupy an equal number of District Attorney positions
Diario Libre
SANTO DOMINGO. Yesterday lawyer Olga Diná Llaverias was sworn in as the District Attorney-Prosecutor for the province of Santo Domingo. She is a lawyer who now becomes one of the two women from Santiago that head up justice in the Capital.
Since the end of last year, the District Attorney office for the National District has been occupied by Yenny Berenice Reynoso, another woman from Santiago who, after an outstanding job in charge of the province of Santiago, was transferred by the Council of the Justice Department to fill the vacancy left by Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, who was selected for the Supreme Court of Justice.
The female face stands out more now in the principle jurisdictions of the justice system, taking into account that Luisa Linares , who took over as the interim District Attorney as she filled in for Reynoso in Santiago, is now the new official District Attorney according to Resolution No. 09 which was issued last week by the Superior Council of the Justice Department (CSMP).
In that same resolution there is also the appointment of Diná Llaverias and that of seven other women that will occupy similar posts in an equal number of provinces. A total of nine were selected through an evaluation process in which both men and women took part. In the end, there were 9 women selected and six men. Of the nine women, five were from the city of Santiago, the "Heart of the Country".
Are the women from Santiago more prepared?
"It is not that we are more prepared or not. I believe that, in a general sense, what is happening is that the full capacity of women is becoming more visible," answered Diná Llaverias, and she recalled that the competition which she won was a national on and open to both men and women.
She insists that: "It is not the women from Santiago, but rather it has to do with being visible, the identification and the value that is being placed on the capacity and the development that women are experiencing in the different institutions."
The young lawyer does not want to see the administration of Justice as a place to demonstrate strength or capacity between the sexes, but rather of fairness and equality in opportunities so that the different positions can be occupied by those who have the best scores.
The Deputy Attorney General, Moises Ferrera, who swore in the new District Attorney, stressed that she was the one with the highest grades among the candidates, and he praised her performance in the positions that she has occupied previously, and he underlined that everything was done within the framework of a transparent process.
In the CSMP resolution the following District Attorneys were appointed: Diomerys Soto Valdez, in San Cristóbal; Ingrid Pamela Rijo, in San Pedro de Macorís; Carmen Dannys Minaya Moreaux, in Dajabón; Alba Núñez Pichardo, in Puerto Plata; Martha González Rodríguez, in Santiago Rodríguez; Sonnia del Carmen Espejo Rodríguez, in Valverde and Yoanna Ysabel Bejarán Álvarez, in Montecristi. The list is completed by Robert Francis Justo Bobadilla, in Samaná; Salvador Bello, in Independencia; José Aníbal Carela, in Espaillat, and Constantino Ramón Beltré Sánchez, in Peravia. In total there are 35 District Attorneys in the whole country and 14 of them are women.
The CSMP is chaired by the Attorney General, Radhames Jimenez Peña, and it includes, besides Ferrera, the Prosecutor for the Appeals Court of La Vega, Victor Gonzalez, the District Attorney for La Altagracia, Lucas Evangelista Perez, and the prosecutor from La Romana, Kelvin Santana.
For ethics and institutionalism
According to Diná Llaverias, "Effort, responsibility, institutionalism and a lot of desire to do things well," are the basis which will support her work as the new District Attorney for Santo Domingo. The plan includes also the integration of a team of committed men and women in order to face the problems that come up in the largest jurisdiction in the country, considering that the province of Santo Domingo is the most populated in the Dominican Republic.
Besides the necessary coordination which starting already has been requested between the DA's office and the investigative branches, Diná Llaverias has some 13 years experience, with seven in the Prosecutor's Office of Santiago where she headed several departments, among them that of Initial Litigation, Complaints and Reports, and Gender Violence.
Since the end of last year, the District Attorney office for the National District has been occupied by Yenny Berenice Reynoso, another woman from Santiago who, after an outstanding job in charge of the province of Santiago, was transferred by the Council of the Justice Department to fill the vacancy left by Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, who was selected for the Supreme Court of Justice.
The female face stands out more now in the principle jurisdictions of the justice system, taking into account that Luisa Linares , who took over as the interim District Attorney as she filled in for Reynoso in Santiago, is now the new official District Attorney according to Resolution No. 09 which was issued last week by the Superior Council of the Justice Department (CSMP).
In that same resolution there is also the appointment of Diná Llaverias and that of seven other women that will occupy similar posts in an equal number of provinces. A total of nine were selected through an evaluation process in which both men and women took part. In the end, there were 9 women selected and six men. Of the nine women, five were from the city of Santiago, the "Heart of the Country".
Are the women from Santiago more prepared?
"It is not that we are more prepared or not. I believe that, in a general sense, what is happening is that the full capacity of women is becoming more visible," answered Diná Llaverias, and she recalled that the competition which she won was a national on and open to both men and women.
She insists that: "It is not the women from Santiago, but rather it has to do with being visible, the identification and the value that is being placed on the capacity and the development that women are experiencing in the different institutions."
The young lawyer does not want to see the administration of Justice as a place to demonstrate strength or capacity between the sexes, but rather of fairness and equality in opportunities so that the different positions can be occupied by those who have the best scores.
The Deputy Attorney General, Moises Ferrera, who swore in the new District Attorney, stressed that she was the one with the highest grades among the candidates, and he praised her performance in the positions that she has occupied previously, and he underlined that everything was done within the framework of a transparent process.
In the CSMP resolution the following District Attorneys were appointed: Diomerys Soto Valdez, in San Cristóbal; Ingrid Pamela Rijo, in San Pedro de Macorís; Carmen Dannys Minaya Moreaux, in Dajabón; Alba Núñez Pichardo, in Puerto Plata; Martha González Rodríguez, in Santiago Rodríguez; Sonnia del Carmen Espejo Rodríguez, in Valverde and Yoanna Ysabel Bejarán Álvarez, in Montecristi. The list is completed by Robert Francis Justo Bobadilla, in Samaná; Salvador Bello, in Independencia; José Aníbal Carela, in Espaillat, and Constantino Ramón Beltré Sánchez, in Peravia. In total there are 35 District Attorneys in the whole country and 14 of them are women.
The CSMP is chaired by the Attorney General, Radhames Jimenez Peña, and it includes, besides Ferrera, the Prosecutor for the Appeals Court of La Vega, Victor Gonzalez, the District Attorney for La Altagracia, Lucas Evangelista Perez, and the prosecutor from La Romana, Kelvin Santana.
For ethics and institutionalism
According to Diná Llaverias, "Effort, responsibility, institutionalism and a lot of desire to do things well," are the basis which will support her work as the new District Attorney for Santo Domingo. The plan includes also the integration of a team of committed men and women in order to face the problems that come up in the largest jurisdiction in the country, considering that the province of Santo Domingo is the most populated in the Dominican Republic.
Besides the necessary coordination which starting already has been requested between the DA's office and the investigative branches, Diná Llaverias has some 13 years experience, with seven in the Prosecutor's Office of Santiago where she headed several departments, among them that of Initial Litigation, Complaints and Reports, and Gender Violence.
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