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01-22-2009, 06:00 PM
The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus) and the Dominican Evangelical Unity Council (Codue) released their proposals for the national summit yesterday as they submitted them to the organizing commission. Codue's recommendations centered on electricity, public spending, prices, health and education.
Finjus set out three central issues for the summit called by President Leonel Fernandez for next Wednesday. These are to strengthen the Justice System in order to fight crime, changes in citizen safety and improving controls on state actions.
This proposal was delivered to the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Juan Temistocles Montas, the coordinator of the commission responsible for organizing the summit conference.
On the issue of citizen safety, Finjus says that in order to strengthen a climate of citizen safety in the process of constitutional reform, the National Police needs to be recognized as a civil, professional, institution providing a service to the community and subordinate to the Executive Branch; it needs to be cleaned up and professionalized and given the technical, human and financial resources it needs. They also propose to extend nationwide the Barrio Seguro projects that are currently active in 125 communities, giving them more resources and increased community participation. Finjus also proposes reducing the number of weapons in the hands of private citizens and the prevention and persecution of organized crime, especially drug trafficking.
On the question of the Justice Department, Finjus says that functional independence has to be a priority, and the process of professionalization and selection of assistant prosecutors should continue all over the country. The Justice Department must also be provided with the resources that it needs in order to fight organized crime and corruption.
With reference to the control of the state, Finjus says that Congress should establish a Budget Control office with the idea of eliminating the Executive Branch's involvement in the election of Chamber of Accounts members. Moreover, they propose to regulate the Executive Branch initiative on the budget, especially the date for submitting the budget. They also want to limit the number of members of the Chamber to five.
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Finjus set out three central issues for the summit called by President Leonel Fernandez for next Wednesday. These are to strengthen the Justice System in order to fight crime, changes in citizen safety and improving controls on state actions.
This proposal was delivered to the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Juan Temistocles Montas, the coordinator of the commission responsible for organizing the summit conference.
On the issue of citizen safety, Finjus says that in order to strengthen a climate of citizen safety in the process of constitutional reform, the National Police needs to be recognized as a civil, professional, institution providing a service to the community and subordinate to the Executive Branch; it needs to be cleaned up and professionalized and given the technical, human and financial resources it needs. They also propose to extend nationwide the Barrio Seguro projects that are currently active in 125 communities, giving them more resources and increased community participation. Finjus also proposes reducing the number of weapons in the hands of private citizens and the prevention and persecution of organized crime, especially drug trafficking.
On the question of the Justice Department, Finjus says that functional independence has to be a priority, and the process of professionalization and selection of assistant prosecutors should continue all over the country. The Justice Department must also be provided with the resources that it needs in order to fight organized crime and corruption.
With reference to the control of the state, Finjus says that Congress should establish a Budget Control office with the idea of eliminating the Executive Branch's involvement in the election of Chamber of Accounts members. Moreover, they propose to regulate the Executive Branch initiative on the budget, especially the date for submitting the budget. They also want to limit the number of members of the Chamber to five.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)