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 félix bautista
félix bautista

félix ramón bautista rosario -lrb- born 16 june 1963 -rrb- is a dominican republic politician .
a member of the senate of the dominican republic since 2010 , has held important positions in the dominican government .
in the period 1996-2000 he was appointed deputy director of the office of supervising engineers of state , and six months later , he was appointed as director of the coordinating office of state works , a post he held until the month of august 2000 .
he was director of the office of supervising engineers of state with the rank of secretary of state during the period august 2004-august 2010 .
he is also an active businessman in the construction industry , the principal owner of hadom construction and rofi sa .
he was sworn in as senator of the dominican republic by the province of san juan on 16 august 2010 .
the senator bautista is president of the national foundation for integral development - fundi - and felix bautista foundation , nonprofit institutions that are developing outstanding work in the southern region and nationally , primarily related topics youth .
politically , bautista is a member of the dominican liberation party -lrb- pld -rrb- , since 1981 , where he has held the positions of secretary of minutes and matches , middle leader , operational director of propaganda on the campaigns of 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , national operations director of the 2008 season , and currently is member of the central committee , and secretary of organization of the dominican liberation party , one of the most important positions within the political party .
on the academic side , felix bautista is a civil engineer , graduated from the autonomous university of santo domingo -lrb- uasd -rrb- ; graduate degree in law , university of the caribbean ; ma in political science from the university pedro henríquez ureña ; masters in international relations from the university pedro henríquez ureña ; both pending graduation .
master of public administration and policy , taught by utah state university , united states , under the framework of an agreement with the autonomous university of santo domingo ; graduated in advanced studies in economics from the university of the basque country of spain and uasd .
he is working on his dissertation for the degree of doctor of economics , university of the basque country , spain .
the subject of this thesis discusses the economic impact of works concessions and public services : the vision of europe and latin america , the dominican case .
currently he is a columnist for the newspaper listin diario .
felix bautista has repeatedly denounced the charges against only seek to interfere with the possible campaign of former president leonel fernandez who would run a new turn in 2016 .
in march -- april 2012 , bautista was accused of corruption , with allegations that during and after the 2010 election he had given haitian president michel martelly $ 2.6 m in bribes to ensure that his company would continue to receive contracts under martelly 's presidency .
martelly and bautista both denied the allegations .
the supreme court of the dominican republic has set for 1 october 2014 the first hearing in the case .
more recently , on 27 march , the supreme court issued a ruling that benefited senator bautista on these allegations .
indicating that the public prosecutor francisco dominguez brito , violated the laws and constitution to produce evidence against senator .
it also indicated that valid evidence was insufficient for a trial of the accused in the case .
several writers , and even the prime minister of haiti , have described and analyzed the accusations against felix bautista which they regard as political persecution .
he was described as one of the least laborious senators .
however , on 21 august 2014 , the dominican senate told the media he was the second most productive senator with 28 legislative initiatives presented and 7 initiatives adopted .
more recently , senator bautista has submitted to the legislature in 2015 about 10 initiatives aimed at projects into law rights of citizen participation , entrepreneurship and innovation , expropriation of property , registration and maintenance of public works , among others .
