Santo Domingo.– The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco, reacted this Thursday to the farewell speech of the former director of the National Police, Andrés Modesto Cruz Cruz, considering his words to be accurate, although he understands that it was not appropriate for him to make them under the circumstances of his departure from the institution.
During an interview on the program El Día, on Telesistema, Pacheco resorted to a well-known saying to describe his assessment of the statements offered by Cruz Cruz upon concluding his tenure at the head of the National Police.
“Well said, but as a saying goes: well dead, but poorly killed. Well said, but it was not his place,” the legislator expressed.
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Pacheco also maintained that Cruz Cruz «failed at the head of the institution» and pointed to the deaths recorded during police officers’ actions as one of the elements to support his position.
In that sense, he referred to the 145 people killed at the hands of police officers during the first seven months of 2026, according to the crime statistics released by the National Police itself.
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Acknowledges that problems persist within the Police
Pacheco acknowledged that problems persist within the Police, but assured that the institution has undergone a significant transformation over the last few years.
In his view, more than 90% of police officers have experienced a change in mindset, although there still persists a group that maintains practices from the past that must be eradicated through a continuous process of purging and professionalization.
The statements were offered during an extensive interview in which Pacheco also addressed the recent changes made by the Government, the internal situation of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), as well as the laws and projects pending consideration in the National Congress, among other topics on the political and legislative agenda.
He maintained in that sense, that the reform of the National Police must be assumed as a long-term process, which transcends the different government administrations, and acknowledged that each administration has made contributions, to a greater or lesser extent, to advance in the transformation and strengthening of the institution.
Pacheco assesses changes in the Government
In that order, the president of the lower house positively valued the recent movements ordered by the Executive Branch in several State institutions, noting that the changes seek to strengthen strategic areas of public administration with officials whose profiles respond to the needs of each agency.
Likewise, he downplayed the fact that some public servants have moved from one institution to another and maintained that these appointments may be due to the Government’s interest in leveraging their experience and management capacity in new responsibilities.
Among the appointments, the designation of Juan Manuel Méndez as director of the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (Intrant) stood out. Pacheco expressed confidence that his arrival will contribute to bringing greater firmness to the actions aimed at facing the challenges of transit and transportation in the Dominican Republic.
In his message, Cruz Cruz urged the members of the institution to remain firm in their actions, to defend what they consider correct, and not to cling to their positions.
“Do not stop fighting for what is right, even if it costs you your position. You must stand firm, fight for what is right, and not cling to any position,” expressed Cruz Cruz during the ceremony.
The message that marked the end of his tenure at the head of the National Police, has been interpreted as a warning call regarding the deterioration and corruption experienced by the law enforcement institution within the framework of the profound reform in which it is immersed.
