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04-21-2009, 05:20 PM
A pilgrimage organized by the Broad Front of Popular Organizations (FALPO) by 110 people from Bonao is making its way to Santo Domingo with the aim of pressing the government to fulfill the promises it has made to the community. The demonstrators left the Our Lady of Fatima Church at 7:15 yesterday morning with the aim of arriving at the Presidential Palace by mid-morning on Wednesday, when they will try and present President Fernandez with a list of their requests. The petitioners demands include an end to blackouts, permanent drinking water for the whole province of Monsignor Nouel, the re-structuring of the Provincial Development Council because, according to the pilgrims, the current council has handled RD$1.3 billion pesos and has little to show for it. Finally, the marchers want the bridge over the Arroyo Toro to be finished. The march includes disabled people like Ramon Duran Pena, who uses a wheelchair. University professor Rafael Jimenez Abad told Listin Diario reporters that the group requested an ambulance to accompany the march, especially since it includes people over the age of 60, but a spokesperson said that the government had refused because they did not approve the march.
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