Víctor Díaz Rúa, involved in the Odebrecht case, said on Monday morning that the testimony of Maurici Dantas Bezerra, legal director of the construction company in the country, was created by the Public Ministry.
“A person who comes and says I heard, I heard what they said, because that was what he said; what he said was nonsense that obviously i’m sure it was prepared by the prosecution, they sure told you: you have to say this because if you are not going to fall“And they don’t care if that falls,” Diaz Rua said before entering the courtroom where the trial of the Odebrecht case continues.
The defendant added that the construction company’s employees stole the money and said that they had bribed him to keep the same.
According to Díaz Rúa, Dantas Bezerra cannot be considered a witness essential since he came to the country 8 years ago and had never spoken to or seen him.
“What he said is worthless. First, he came 8 years later; second, I saw him for the first time here (referring to the courtroom), I had never seen him in my life,” he said. to say.
For their part, the defense lawyers stated earlier that the said witness did not speak of what he had seen or heard, but of versions of which he had learned indirectly from other written sources, without having direct knowledge of the facts. which he cites about alleged bribes.
This Monday continues the trial of the Odebrecht case, in which 6 Defendants face charges of receiving bribes of $ 92 million from the Brazilian company so that contracts of works of the Dominican State were adjudged to him.
The hearing held by Judges Jissel Taronger, Tania Iunis and Gisselle Méndez, will continue this Monday with the appearance of Maurici Dantas Bezerra, Odebrecht’s legal director in the country, who in his testimony last Friday explained the way in which the The company made its payments to third parties in order to obtain state works contracts.