Halfway constitutional reform?

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez has announced he will compromise with business groups and other sectors that have asked Congress to put the writing of a new Constitution on hold until after the summit debates currently under way. During the opening of the summit at the Santo Domingo Hilton, Fernandez said that the chambers should meet in the Constitutional Review Assembly and give it a start. He said there is still time within the terms established by the Constitution for the approval to happen after the first phase of the talks that end on 21 February. He is adding the eight working days after the passing or veto plus 15 for publishing the bill, as reported in Diario Libre. The Chamber of Deputies has pending to pass a second reading on the bill that would open the floor to the constitutional discussions, since the Senate has already given the talks the green light.

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