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02-19-2009, 02:50 PM
After a combined operation by police and military units closed several pharmacies accused of selling illegal, adulterated or counterfeit medicines in Moca, the store owners defied the Public Health and Customs authorities and re-opened their doors yesterday. According to the Listin Diario, some of the stores opened with nearly empty shelves, while people arrived early to purchase medicines that were sold without any apparent fear of reprisals. Also yesterday, the Broad Front of Popular Struggle (FALPO in Spanish) met near the pharmacies together with representatives of the Alternative Social Forum and the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), and, according to Radhames Rodriguez the group's spokesman, they will begin their fight to keep the stores open. Rodriguez called the closures an sassault on the poor and needy who are not able to buy expensive medicines. Rodriguez said that nearly 5,000 persons depend on these establishments for jobs, and he asserted that the pharmacies are certified by the Ministry of Public Health to operate under a "B List" license and pay taxes accordingly.
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