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05-14-2009, 03:31 PM
Following the political agreements between members of the PRSC and the PRD earlier this week, legislators got back to work on the rewrite of the Constitution submitted by President Leonel Fernandez.
The Constitutional Revisory Assembly approved yesterday the articles relating to the suspension of citizen's rights, regulations for foreigners, the international relations and international law, the official language and national symbols and the political divisions of the country.
28 senators and 110 deputies were present.
Article 22 establishes that the rights of citizens are suspended in cases of definitive sentencing in a criminal case, until the end of the prison sentence; in cases of judicial intervention legally pronounced, as long as this shall last; and when accepting, while in the national territory functions or employment of a foreign government without previous authorization from the Executive Branch and the violations of the conditions that naturalization imposed.
Article 23 prohibits the participation of foreigners in political activity in the national territory, except for the exercise of the right to vote in their homeland's elections. It also says that the state will promote the planned immigration of highly qualified technicians and scientists in areas where these skills are lacking. Likewise, the article says that it is the obligation of all foreigners to register births in the Book of Foreigners, according to the law.
Article 24 establishes: "The Dominican Republic is a member state of the international community open to international cooperation and law."
Article 25 and 26 cover the national symbols. Article 25 was approved without further debate, converting its numerals into articles. These make Spanish the official language of the Dominican Republic. Article 26 says that "the patriotic symbols are the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms and the National Anthem." Numeral three, which will become an Article, was modified and now says: "the National Anthem is the score by Jose Reyes, with lyrics written by Emilio Prud'homme, as consecrated by Law 700 of 30 May 1934, and is unique and unalterable."
The national territory was also defined. The legislators accepted the entire proposal of the Executive Branch regarding the makeup of the national territory, as described in Chapter III, Section 1. Article eight says that "the territory of the Dominican Republic is inalienable." Article 12 also says, "for the government and administration of the State, the territory of the Republic is divided politically into a National District, in which is found the capital, and in the provinces and municipalities that the Organic Law shall determine." The provinces, for their part, are divided into municipalities and article 13, that remains as it is in the current Constitution regarding the name of the capital, "the city of Santo Domingo de Guzman is the capital of the Dominican Republic and the seat of the national government."
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The Constitutional Revisory Assembly approved yesterday the articles relating to the suspension of citizen's rights, regulations for foreigners, the international relations and international law, the official language and national symbols and the political divisions of the country.
28 senators and 110 deputies were present.
Article 22 establishes that the rights of citizens are suspended in cases of definitive sentencing in a criminal case, until the end of the prison sentence; in cases of judicial intervention legally pronounced, as long as this shall last; and when accepting, while in the national territory functions or employment of a foreign government without previous authorization from the Executive Branch and the violations of the conditions that naturalization imposed.
Article 23 prohibits the participation of foreigners in political activity in the national territory, except for the exercise of the right to vote in their homeland's elections. It also says that the state will promote the planned immigration of highly qualified technicians and scientists in areas where these skills are lacking. Likewise, the article says that it is the obligation of all foreigners to register births in the Book of Foreigners, according to the law.
Article 24 establishes: "The Dominican Republic is a member state of the international community open to international cooperation and law."
Article 25 and 26 cover the national symbols. Article 25 was approved without further debate, converting its numerals into articles. These make Spanish the official language of the Dominican Republic. Article 26 says that "the patriotic symbols are the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms and the National Anthem." Numeral three, which will become an Article, was modified and now says: "the National Anthem is the score by Jose Reyes, with lyrics written by Emilio Prud'homme, as consecrated by Law 700 of 30 May 1934, and is unique and unalterable."
The national territory was also defined. The legislators accepted the entire proposal of the Executive Branch regarding the makeup of the national territory, as described in Chapter III, Section 1. Article eight says that "the territory of the Dominican Republic is inalienable." Article 12 also says, "for the government and administration of the State, the territory of the Republic is divided politically into a National District, in which is found the capital, and in the provinces and municipalities that the Organic Law shall determine." The provinces, for their part, are divided into municipalities and article 13, that remains as it is in the current Constitution regarding the name of the capital, "the city of Santo Domingo de Guzman is the capital of the Dominican Republic and the seat of the national government."
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