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10-12-2009, 03:50 PM
The National Revisory Assembly for the Constitution will annul the articles approved in last Thursday's session during which several assembly members voted on behalf of absent members, creating a false vote. Assembly president Reinaldo Pared Perez said that the votes should be annulled due to what he called the "poor conduct" of some colleagues, and he announced that he would present a proposal in today's session to go over what had been approved, in order to give it more legitimacy. "The last part of the issue of the Executive Power and what covered the Judicial Power should be heard once again, and be voted on again, but for this to happen, the Assembly will have to approve it", he said.
The Constitutional reform is being criticized from a range of social sectors on the grounds that it threatens civil rights, and was defended by President Leonel Fernandez and the PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado this weekend. Fernandez said that only "a minority of citizens" is opposed to the Assembly's decisions, adding that the beaches were still in the public domain, without affecting private property. Vargas Maldonado agreed with the President and defended the pact signed with the PLD to facilitate the approval of the reform. He said that there has been "disinformation" about several aspects of the constitutional reform such as the issue of public access to beaches and private property.
Pared Perez claimed that criticism of the constitutional reform is "orchestrated by sectors without any representation or legitimacy in Dominican society" saying they were "verging on the perverse, disgraceful and manipulative." He said that they were basing their arguments on lies, and defended what has been approved up until now, including the article relating to the beaches. He announced that the 10 articles that were approved last Thursday when the assembly members were caught on television voting on behalf of others would be debated again in today's session.
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The Constitutional reform is being criticized from a range of social sectors on the grounds that it threatens civil rights, and was defended by President Leonel Fernandez and the PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado this weekend. Fernandez said that only "a minority of citizens" is opposed to the Assembly's decisions, adding that the beaches were still in the public domain, without affecting private property. Vargas Maldonado agreed with the President and defended the pact signed with the PLD to facilitate the approval of the reform. He said that there has been "disinformation" about several aspects of the constitutional reform such as the issue of public access to beaches and private property.
Pared Perez claimed that criticism of the constitutional reform is "orchestrated by sectors without any representation or legitimacy in Dominican society" saying they were "verging on the perverse, disgraceful and manipulative." He said that they were basing their arguments on lies, and defended what has been approved up until now, including the article relating to the beaches. He announced that the 10 articles that were approved last Thursday when the assembly members were caught on television voting on behalf of others would be debated again in today's session.
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