Lawyers in lawsuit with road-builder Codacsa to get US$8.5M

SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic is paying 8.5 million dollars to the lawyers who’ll represent it in the lawsuit with the road-builder and management company Codacsa, before an International Court based in Paris.

Public Works minister Victor Diaz Rúa told the special commission designated by the Chamber of Deputies to investigate the concession contract for the construction of the Eastern Motorway, that the money will be paid "to one of the most prestigious law offices in Washington, extremely qualified in international controversies of this type," but didn’t mention the law firm’s name.

“We’ll be there, the fear and blackmail we’ve already surpassed, we’re in arbitration. They have constituted their lawyers, we’ve constituted lawyers, they have selected their arbitrator, we have already selected our arbitrator, those two referees will have to designate a third party that is going to be president," Diaz told the deputies.

The Public Works minister affirmed that the special commission has the proof that Codacsa has contracted "ghost" companies, which have altered budgets in the highway’s construction, evidence that will be presented in arbitration. "Here there are indications that involve many people in criminal responsibility."


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