Meera was also a lawyer and a founding member of the Modern Revolutionary Party.
The Dominican Republic’s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources was shot dead in his office on Monday, according to officials. Officials said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by an unidentified man. No further details were immediately available.
“We are disturbed by the situation,” my ministry said in a brief statement. Bartolome Puzal, executive director of the government’s Cabinet of Innovation, wrote that he mourned the killing.
He said, ‘His death is a tragedy. “We Dominicans must come together to achieve a settlement for peace and peaceful coexistence. No more violence.”
Meera was also a lawyer and a founding member of the Modern Revolutionary Party. He was appointed Minister of Environment and Natural Resources in August 2020.
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