Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel

Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel
Agency overview
Jurisdiction executive branch
Agency executive
  • Nydia M. Cotto Vives, President
Parent agency Secretariat of Governance
Key document

The Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor's Panel (Spanish: Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente) is an autonomous agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that appoints Special Independent Prosecutors Spanish: Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) to investigate and prosecute government officials who engage in criminal conduct.[1] FEIs are equivalent to special prosecutors while the agency is synonymous to the United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel but at the state government level rather than federal.

Presidents

2010–present: Nydia M. Cotto Vives

References

  1. "Act No. 2 of February 23 of 1988" (PDF). February 23, 1988. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
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