Questioning of financial statement “rubbish,” Government Ethics chief

Santo Domingo.- Government Ethics Commission director Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) on Wednesday called the alleged irregularities in his financial statement ??before assuming that position, "rubbish."

As to some lawmakers’ request of a Congressional probe to clarify the allegations official warned that if called to testify, “serious things are going to be heard, much more serious than what’s been heard so far."

According to reports, Castillo’s financial statement omitted important information about their property and their descendants.

The also president of the pro-government minority FNP party spoke with reporters at the Cristo Redentor cemetery, where he attended the burial of Mercedes Castro, mother of former vice president Rafael Alburquerque.