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Local March 14, 2013 | 5:16 pm

Dominican lawmaker who served time for rape can return to Congress

Santo Domingo.- A senior lawmaker in Dominican Republic’s Chamber of Deputies revealed Thursday that his colleague from Santiago Rodríguez province, Ramón "Papo" Fernandez, who served a six-month sentence in Najayo prison for statutory rape, can rejoin Congress “when he deems convenient.”

Disciplinary Committee chairman Henry Mera said Fernandez served his senten... Read more

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