Hipolito Mejia during a hearing in the Baninter case.
Santo Domingo.- The colorful ex president Hipólito Mejía said Wednesday he’ll no longer remain silent and denounce “all the acts of Government corruption and barbarisms,” which in his view it’s committing, “in detriment of the people.”
Mejía said that during his term in office he neither killed nor stole, and therefore has no reason to remain silent. “I have neither stolen nor have I killed anybody, therefore, I have no reason to remain silent before so much roguishness of this Government.”
He said he thanks God and the Supreme Court for upholding the guilty sentences in the Baninter bank case “I’ve spent four years in silence. But from now on, I have the commitment with my people, my country and with God not to keep quiet on the damage that it’s causing to my fellow citizens.”
The former chief executive, who spoke for more than one hour in a gathering of journalists of the PRD party, listed what he considers his administration’s accomplishemts.
“History has initiated the blossoming of the truth,” Mejía said, after he thanked God and the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Baninter case.
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
this takes nerve......" Bring out the Gimp "
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
So they have brought the hippo out of the basement...Just like the Gimp in" Pulp Fiction "....I can even hear the music play from the soundtrack....the word is chutzpah or cojones
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
Was" Pepe of the Twelve Rolexes " standing by his side
From: United States
HIPPOCRITO MEJIA. Sure, he never killed anybody himself .. he let his bodyguards do the dirty work .. people seemed to suddenly die along each and every route he took .. and that was just during his CAMPAIGN for President. Imagine how many others got whacked during his term in office. He certainly did a marvellous job killing his own country .. rarely around to manage the Dominican economy .. the BANINTER fiasco happened on his watch. While the Dominican economy was being dragged down into the pit of a global recession he was jet setting around the world and rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. He also sent Dominican soldiers to Iraq .. fearing perhaps that Saddam might invade the Dominican Republic? He got embroiled in that hopeless war just to appease the Bush-Cheney Axis of Evil. Probably the first time in Dominican history that such an abomination has ever occured. Now he is going on a campaign to harass one of the best leaders we ever had. It's a free country or what?
Written by: juanb, 31 Jul 2008 8:11 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Baninter, Plan Renove, the awarding of greenhouses to family and friends,the worst financial crisis ever, the peso at 55:1, the increase of drug trafficing including the landing strip, Pepe and his $6,000,000 in credit card usage, the list is endless.The worst, most corrupt President in the entire history of the DR has the nerve to criticize anyone? Can anyone think of anything good that happened during his tenure, we can all think of a lot of bad things. Puhleeeeeese. If there were any real rule of law in this country, this guy would be in jail, where he belongs.
Written by: Cacique, 31 Jul 2008 9:00 AM
From: Dominican Republic
The scary part is that many Dominicans think this bastard is funny!
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
Funny Ha Ha or funny weird or both in the Strange Buffoon sense
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera, M.T.S.
Pepito should be on trial for all his stupidities. The thing is that Pepito was either corrupt, incompetent or both!!! What nerve. He is damaging the PRD beyond repair. The PRD should stand up and kick him out of the party, and the government should confiscate his assets.
But of course they won't b/c they don't want to be scrutinize after they leave office.
From: United Kingdom
The guy maybe many things, but boring is certainly not one them.
From: United States
Are you serious? Bring out the gimp! The Hippo will be Judge Kimba Woods court room very soon.
Written by: lcabrera, 31 Jul 2008 10:19 AM
From: United States
Hipolito, tell us something that we don't know, you ignorant bastard!!!!
From: United States
How can you give a nano second of your valuable time to this character....ooops my times up.
Written by: Truth, 31 Jul 2008 10:34 AM
From: Dominican Republic
First of all this demon is a thief himself, those who applaud his return to any forum are cut from the same cloth. Only a fool would not agree that corruption is systemic in the Dominican Republic.
If you are predisposed to listen to the words of a evil man, then go ahead and indulge your worst inclinations, however there will be collateral damage my fine feathered friends.
Written by: BLANCO, 31 Jul 2008 10:35 AM
From: Dominican Republic
even less from me
Written by: tejada, 31 Jul 2008 11:12 AM
From: United States
This guy is nothing but a gigantic embarrassment to our nation. Every time this clown did an interview while he was president I just wanted to hide under a bed... My gosh what an idiot!
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
BenCardozo....Maybe they make the Gimp wear that funny rubber suit in the court room
From: United States
F...en pinhead has the IQ of a gnat.
Why wasn't he ever arrested?
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera, M.T.S.
THe key question is, why hasn't the PRD denoouced this charlatan! Why not, b/c he paid-off so many people. I was in the PRD HQ during the campaign, and there was a PRD activist from Barrio Buenos Aires who kept telling me that Pepito was her "father."
Despite all the hands he washed and pockets he stuffed, the PRD must realized that Pepito caused them to fall from grace. How can anyone justify PLan renove? Pepito is detached from reality!
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera, M.T.S.
Yet, let him criticize. If it reigns in the PLD corruption and mismanagement, that's a good thing. BUt the gov shoudl investigate Pepito's wealth.
Written by: BLANCO, 31 Jul 2008 6:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic
DAMN i thought i was the only guy who hates this creep!!!!
Written by: BASTA, 31 Jul 2008 6:46 PM
From: Dominican Republic, SPM
At least he is not Gay.
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera, M.T.S.
Basta, What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Your homophobic comment just shows how ignorant people are about homosexuality.
Maybe Pepito was so incompetent because he was a bigot like you. Sorry for being so harsh, but discriminatory comments like yours need to be called out for what they are - HATE SPEECH. Please try to be more careful in the future.
Written by: Jander, 31 Jul 2008 10:26 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Ok Hippo you didn't kill anyone with yours hands but you may as well of, with all your irresponsible actions and your pathetic ignorance.
Anyone can run for President but few can actually step up to the plate and hit it out of the park.
Hippo would have been lucky to be a towel boy anywhere else on the planet
And what about your buddy ? Now you are happy he is in jail? and saying so publically.
Prior to the Baninter banking scandal, Alvarez Renta had accompanied former Dominican President Hipólito Mejía on many of his trips abroad, and was appointed ambassador to France on April 2, 2003.
Go back to your farm with you 100,000 USD landscaping alone or your Villa on the beach in Juan Dolio.,
Payaso!
Written by: Jander, 31 Jul 2008 10:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic
PS this is inapropriate !!!
Written by: BASTA, 31 Jul 2008 6:46 PM
From: Dominican Republic
At least he is not Gay.
I am sure just a freudian slip?
A Freudian slip, or parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind
From: Iraq, 10 billion dollars a month for nothing
LOL.... the people that post on this site .... yo!!! cuban yes you .......gouletcolonial, go post on the Granma .........
From: Iraq, 10 billion dollars a month for nothing
LF is JUst as bad , can you say SUNLAND....... for some reasen i trust Mejia more
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
Chill that is because you are basically a low grade moron and we all know it
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
Chill say out loud that he trusts the hippo ....that says volumes about our little buddy chill
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera, M.T.S.
GC, I'm witchu on this one. I wouldn't trust either LF or Pepito!
From: United States
GC: He should have a whole XXXL rubber suit on with a gag so he wont speak.
From: United States Virgin Islands, Christiansted.from the bar at the Comanche
BenC you mean the little red rubber ball in his mouth.....You may not know this but Belial played that part in the movie....Before that he appeared as the kid that played the banjo in" Deliverance "
From: United States
All I can say about mejia is: Que maldito hombrecito! Que atrevimiento!
From: United Kingdom
Ninguno de los dos valen un penny
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But of course they won't b/c they don't want to be scrutinize after they leave office.
If you are predisposed to listen to the words of a evil man, then go ahead and indulge your worst inclinations, however there will be collateral damage my fine feathered friends.
Why wasn't he ever arrested?
Despite all the hands he washed and pockets he stuffed, the PRD must realized that Pepito caused them to fall from grace. How can anyone justify PLan renove? Pepito is detached from reality!
Maybe Pepito was so incompetent because he was a bigot like you. Sorry for being so harsh, but discriminatory comments like yours need to be called out for what they are - HATE SPEECH. Please try to be more careful in the future.
Anyone can run for President but few can actually step up to the plate and hit it out of the park.
Hippo would have been lucky to be a towel boy anywhere else on the planet
And what about your buddy ? Now you are happy he is in jail? and saying so publically.
Prior to the Baninter banking scandal, Alvarez Renta had accompanied former Dominican President Hipólito Mejía on many of his trips abroad, and was appointed ambassador to France on April 2, 2003.
Go back to your farm with you 100,000 USD landscaping alone or your Villa on the beach in Juan Dolio.,
Payaso!
Written by: BASTA, 31 Jul 2008 6:46 PM
From: Dominican Republic
At least he is not Gay.
I am sure just a freudian slip?
A Freudian slip, or parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind