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05-01-2009, 03:50 PM
The Constitution Revisory Assembly has approved Article 52 of the Constitution establishing the universal right to a complete education and prohibiting the transfer of national budget funds allocated to the Ministry of Education to other state departments. The article received from President Leonel Fernandez had originally established that only legal residents would have the right to a complete education here. The modification was presented by a PLD block led by Cristina Lizardo and PRD assembly members Fidelia Perez, Rafael Calderon, and Eugenio Cedeno. With this approval, debates over the right to an education without discrimination or status come to an end.
An attempt to establish in the Constitution that at least 4% of the National Budget be allotted to education was defeated. Another proposal, by legislators Pelegrin Castillo and Jose Ricardo Taveras for raising the amount to 8% of the GDP to provide for foreigners receiving an education here, was also rejected.
Legislators also approved a first reading of Article 53 that establishes: "All persons shall have the right to participate and act freely and without censure in the cultural life of the nation; and shall have full access to enjoy the cultural goods and services of scientific advances, of artistic and literary production. The state will protect the moral and material interests regarding the work of artists and inventors".
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An attempt to establish in the Constitution that at least 4% of the National Budget be allotted to education was defeated. Another proposal, by legislators Pelegrin Castillo and Jose Ricardo Taveras for raising the amount to 8% of the GDP to provide for foreigners receiving an education here, was also rejected.
Legislators also approved a first reading of Article 53 that establishes: "All persons shall have the right to participate and act freely and without censure in the cultural life of the nation; and shall have full access to enjoy the cultural goods and services of scientific advances, of artistic and literary production. The state will protect the moral and material interests regarding the work of artists and inventors".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)