CD vote buyers jailed
TWO FORMER CD electoral candidates have been jailed for three years for using state resources to buy votes. During the 2014 election.
They are Heriberto “Yunito” Vega, CD candidate for the 6-2 circuit in Herrera and his alternate, Ramon Salvador Saavedra González,
Both men are disbarred from holding public office for the same period so won’t be in contention in May 2019.
The sentence was handed down by the First Criminal Electoral Court and confirmed by the electoral prosecutor and the Tribunal Electoral.
Under the previous government, Vega’s company, Constructora Brithany, received a number of lucrative public contracts.
The investigation by the electoral prosecutor was prompted by a complaint by Deputy José Luis Varela, who defeated Vega in the election.
The complaint was based on an article in La Prensa that outlined the alleged abuse of state resources by the candidate.
Other prominent CD figures have also been fingered.
