SANTO DOMINGO.– President Luis Abinader issued Decree No. 298-26, which designates a Citizen Oversight Commission to supervise the bidding process for the project “Design and Construction of the Connection Road between the Northern Santiago Ring Road and the Puerto Plata–Sosúa Highway, called the Amber Highway.”
The commission will be made up of the bishop of the Diocese of Our Lady of Altagracia, Jesús Castro Marte, along with Franklin Báez Brugal, Pedro Silverio and José Radhamés García González, who will be responsible for overseeing, following up and monitoring the development of the bidding process.
The decree, signed yesterday, May 1, 2026, in Santo Domingo, establishes this measure with the objective of strengthening transparency, accountability, and social control in a contracting process considered to have a high impact on territorial connectivity and the country's economic development.
According to the decree, this body may receive observations, complaints and suggestions from citizens, suppliers and organizations, as well as issue follow-up reports with findings that may be incorporated into the administrative file of the process.
It is also established that the institutions involved, including the Ministry of Public Works and the RD Vial Trust, must provide the commission with access to information related to the process, in accordance with current legal provisions.
The document specifies that the Commission will have a strictly observer role and will not intervene in the powers of the Procurement and Contracting Committee or in the evaluation of bids.
In addition, members must sign an ethical commitment prior to exercising their functions, declaring their independence, the absence of conflicts of interest and their duty of confidentiality.
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