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08-18-2008, 06:10 PM
The president of the Industrial Association of the North (AIREN), Lina Garcia, gave her support to the proposals made by President Fernandez in his 16 August inaugural speech, but called for more resources for Santiago. The business leader said that both the city of Santiago and the province need greater state investments, "because they provide 14% of the nation's GDP through the industrial and commercial activity of the province, supposedly a figure of more than RD$100 billion, while the government investment in the province is hardly RD$3 or RD$4 billion, an unbalance that needs to be attended to with equality."
Garcia said that Santiago needs "more resources for health and education, more resources for citizen and industrial protection and security, and finally, resources to finish infrastructure projects that were begun and now lay abandoned."
Garcia also criticized the polarization of investments in Santo Domingo and in the east, something that in her judgment is not in accordance with a policy of equal distribution according to the amount of real wealth generated by each area.
As a warning, Garcia pointed out that abandoning a policy of equal distribution of funds is one of the justifications that some regions in Europe are presenting to justify more freedom to self-manage and self-govern themselves. Upon feeling that they are victims of unequal state funding, these regions seek legitimate responses that gather strength in those regions that lack infrastructure and resources. As an example, Ms. Garcia said that in Santiago a highway ends in the middle of the city because the North and South Beltways have not been finished, allowing heavy commercial vehicles to circulate in the heart of the city. This is just one vital project that needs to be finished.
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Garcia said that Santiago needs "more resources for health and education, more resources for citizen and industrial protection and security, and finally, resources to finish infrastructure projects that were begun and now lay abandoned."
Garcia also criticized the polarization of investments in Santo Domingo and in the east, something that in her judgment is not in accordance with a policy of equal distribution according to the amount of real wealth generated by each area.
As a warning, Garcia pointed out that abandoning a policy of equal distribution of funds is one of the justifications that some regions in Europe are presenting to justify more freedom to self-manage and self-govern themselves. Upon feeling that they are victims of unequal state funding, these regions seek legitimate responses that gather strength in those regions that lack infrastructure and resources. As an example, Ms. Garcia said that in Santiago a highway ends in the middle of the city because the North and South Beltways have not been finished, allowing heavy commercial vehicles to circulate in the heart of the city. This is just one vital project that needs to be finished.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)