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04-10-2008, 07:10 PM
President Leonel Fernandez promised to strengthen his efforts to fight poverty and decrease social inequalities, improve electricity services and the quality of education and other social services, during an address to the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) yesterday. He promised to adjust the present economic development model, giving priority to education. Fernandez is seeking a third term in office, which would be his second consecutive term. The speech was part of a series of meetings that the business group is coordinating with candidates in the presidential election.
He said other priorities during his second consecutive term (2008-2012) would be job creation, the environment, reforestation and promoting culture. He said the government does not contemplate increases in taxes. He said that the start of the second line of the metro is contingent on securing financing.
During the speech Fernandez said that the Dominican population couldn't continue living on two poles, one of extreme poverty and one of opulence. Fernandez acknowledged the progress that the country has made in the last 50 years, while observing that part of the population lives in the 19th century while another lives in the 21st century.
Fernandez commented that going into a second round of voting, which means 48 more days of baseless rhetoric and campaigning, would be a waste of time. The president argued that it would be more beneficial to get things done in the first round so that work on development programs could begin immediately.
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He said other priorities during his second consecutive term (2008-2012) would be job creation, the environment, reforestation and promoting culture. He said the government does not contemplate increases in taxes. He said that the start of the second line of the metro is contingent on securing financing.
During the speech Fernandez said that the Dominican population couldn't continue living on two poles, one of extreme poverty and one of opulence. Fernandez acknowledged the progress that the country has made in the last 50 years, while observing that part of the population lives in the 19th century while another lives in the 21st century.
Fernandez commented that going into a second round of voting, which means 48 more days of baseless rhetoric and campaigning, would be a waste of time. The president argued that it would be more beneficial to get things done in the first round so that work on development programs could begin immediately.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)