Bonao marchers to Palace

[NewsWhore]

Organizations from Monsignor Nouel (Bonao) province have delivered their sheaf of demands to the Presidential Palace. Yesterday, after three days of walking the 84 kilometers from Bonao, a commission managed to communicate their requests to the President's representatives in the reception area of the building. Their list of requests included aqueduct repair and construction, delivery of apartments to flood victims, improved energy supply, and completion of construction of the Regional University Center for the Central Cibao. Essentially, though, they want the Provincial Development Council restructured because of alleged corruption. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Rafael Jimenez Abad asked for the community to be given an opportunity to take over membership of the Council. Meanwhile, Alfonso Fermin Balcacer (Nino) accused the current council of having misspent RD$1.3 billion that the province received from its share in the Falconbridge mine. The protestors were explicit in their requests and delivered a document to Minister without Portfolio Rafael Perez Modesto and other government representatives. Perez Modesto promised to relay the list to President Leonel Fernandez.

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