NewsWhore
08-25-2008, 02:20 PM
Civil society groups, lawyers, sports and neighborhood watch organizations are calling on the government to re-structure existing crime prevention and crime fighting programs in order to genuinely combat the evil. Servio Tulio Castanos, vice-president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus), former prosecutor Virgilio Bello Rosa, community leaders Luis Suliz, Johnny Peguero and Pedro Urena all agreed with Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez's definition of the problems arising from drug trafficking, crime and the farming sector.
The Finjus official called on the Attorney General, the Minister of the Interior and of the Police to form a national alliance with the representatives of the municipalities, schoolteachers and other sectors in order to determine the origin of the violence and seek a viable solution. On Saturday Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez called on the government to take care of the countryside, in order to produce more food; to combat crime and drug trafficking, because he felt that there needed to be a clear strong and powerful response to these problems. He said that the government needed to take a strong position in relation to all the criminals in the country and those who come from abroad. The prelate gave his statement four weeks after seven people were killed in a conflict between drug traffickers near Bani, according to the report given to President Fernandez.
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The Finjus official called on the Attorney General, the Minister of the Interior and of the Police to form a national alliance with the representatives of the municipalities, schoolteachers and other sectors in order to determine the origin of the violence and seek a viable solution. On Saturday Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez called on the government to take care of the countryside, in order to produce more food; to combat crime and drug trafficking, because he felt that there needed to be a clear strong and powerful response to these problems. He said that the government needed to take a strong position in relation to all the criminals in the country and those who come from abroad. The prelate gave his statement four weeks after seven people were killed in a conflict between drug traffickers near Bani, according to the report given to President Fernandez.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)