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08-06-2009, 07:00 PM
After four months of deliberations, the Constitutional Revisory Assembly yesterday concluded for the most part the first reading of what will be the expanded Dominican Constitution, as reported in Diario Libre. The Commission for Verification and Auditing will now go over the process and the articles that were approved to avoid skipping an article, title or inscription by mistake.
Now there are 150 articles ready for the second reading that will take place over the next weeks. 135 articles passed in the first reading.
The president of the Assembly, Senator Reinaldo Pared Perez nevertheless says there is not enough time to complete a second reading in time for the President Leonel Fernandez to proclaim the new Constitution when he gives his annual address from Congress on 16 August, marking his second year in government on this term.
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Now there are 150 articles ready for the second reading that will take place over the next weeks. 135 articles passed in the first reading.
The president of the Assembly, Senator Reinaldo Pared Perez nevertheless says there is not enough time to complete a second reading in time for the President Leonel Fernandez to proclaim the new Constitution when he gives his annual address from Congress on 16 August, marking his second year in government on this term.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)