President Fernandez speaks tonight

President Leonel Fernandez will address the nation from the National Palace at 9pm tonight. The Presidency said the government would be announcing measures for dealing with the global financial crisis and the agreement by which the International Monetary Fund will monitor the Dominican economy. The President has not spoken to the nation since his address upon taking office for a second consecutive term on 16 August of this year. President Fernandez is rarely available for interviews with the local press.
Yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez gave an advance talk on the global financial crisis and the impact it will have on the Dominican economy in 2009 to the members of the party's Political and Central Committees, provincial, municipal and sectional leaders as well as governors, mayors and legislators.
Members of the so-called "progressive bloc" in Congress were also in attendance at the meeting, which took place at the Lina Hotel in Santo Domingo.
According to Diario Libre, the President said that the themes of the meeting were practically identical to those discussed during the seminar recently held in Casa de Campo on "The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on the Dominican Economy".
Pared Perez added that the party leadership and membership have to be well informed about the financial crisis and they have to be prepared to confront the situation if the Dominican economy were to be impacted by the situation next year.

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