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11-27-2008, 03:20 PM
In an interview with Hoy newspaper former Foreign Minister Hugo Tolentino Dipp said that is easy to prove that most of the higher- ranking officials in the ruling PLD party are multi-millionaires. "One only has to research the financial worth of these people 10 years ago and what they have today," he commented. Tolentino Dipp is vice president of the opposition PRD. He resigned his post as Foreign Relations Minister after former President Hipolito Mejia went over his head and decided to send Dominican troops to Iraq, complying with a request from US President Bush. Tolentino commented on what he classed as the country's moral collapse, saying that President Leonel Fernandez and the other members of the PLD have distanced themselves from the teachings of party founder Juan Bosch. He said there is a loss of fulfilling the Constitution and the law. He said that the government's actions are leading the country to moral decline because everything is for sale.
Tolentino blasted the border policies, saying that the military personnel stationed at the border with Haiti serve the business of illegal people trafficking. He said that the specialized border military corps (Cesfront) is "not good for anything." Tolentino added that the government allows Dominican consuls, who should be issuing 1,700 visas, to grant 10,000-15,000 visas and become millionaires in the process.
The former minister also described the constitutional reform act sent by the Executive Branch to Congress as a political retrograde step and a trap, as reported in El Dia. He said that political parties in the DR have just turned into machineries geared only towards elections, which stimulates political patronage. "The sad part is that even now the parties are beginning to form groups and owe favors instead of defining and committing to a true and real government program."
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Tolentino blasted the border policies, saying that the military personnel stationed at the border with Haiti serve the business of illegal people trafficking. He said that the specialized border military corps (Cesfront) is "not good for anything." Tolentino added that the government allows Dominican consuls, who should be issuing 1,700 visas, to grant 10,000-15,000 visas and become millionaires in the process.
The former minister also described the constitutional reform act sent by the Executive Branch to Congress as a political retrograde step and a trap, as reported in El Dia. He said that political parties in the DR have just turned into machineries geared only towards elections, which stimulates political patronage. "The sad part is that even now the parties are beginning to form groups and owe favors instead of defining and committing to a true and real government program."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)