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10-12-2009, 03:50 PM
PRD leader Miguel Vargas Maldonado is calling for a national strategy to be drawn up, with the aim of finding a bilateral solution to the Haitian immigration issue. Vargas says that the first thing that should be done is to create jobs in the frontier regions. Both governments also need to develop the plan and create regulations in the Law of Migration that would allow a joint solution involving the international community. He said he thought that it was fundamental to go forward and strengthen controls on the frontier, with the idea of ending the political and military complicity that damages relations on the island.
PLD secretary general Reinaldo Pared Perez, agreed with former United States President Jimmy Carter, saying that it was difficult to control migration on the island. He blamed the governments, saying that they have not handled the problem correctly and do not have a consistent policy on the frontier or on migration.
He said that there is an imposing need, as a result of the increased immigration and drug trafficking, for real steps to be taken to tackle the problems. He said that once the Constitutional Reform is completed, work could start on the regulations that will permit the application of the migration law. Pared Perez pointed out that the United States, France and Canada should fulfill their commitments and go in aid of Haiti, because the Dominican Republic has enough on its plate.
Meanwhile, according to Onofre Rojas from the Alliance for Democracy (APD), Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso acted "foolishly and thoughtlessly" when he described Jimmy Carter's comments on Dominican-Haitian issues as "interference in the DR's internal affairs". "He never spoke of this at any point and he has clarified that it was about combating tropical diseases such as malaria and filariasis, which must be tackled jointly", said Rojas. He said that Morales Troncoso's statement could have negative consequences, as the Foreign Ministry is responsible for bringing together the Mixed Bilateral Commission, whose task is to develop the relationship between the DR and Haiti.
The director of the Commission for Health Sector Reform (CERSS), Humberto Salazar, assured reporters that the United States, France and Canada are the principal culprits in Haiti's dire predicament, and that therefore these powerful nations should be the ones seeking solutions. He said that there was a sense of urgency in the country for the definition of a migration polity and control of Haitian immigrants.
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PLD secretary general Reinaldo Pared Perez, agreed with former United States President Jimmy Carter, saying that it was difficult to control migration on the island. He blamed the governments, saying that they have not handled the problem correctly and do not have a consistent policy on the frontier or on migration.
He said that there is an imposing need, as a result of the increased immigration and drug trafficking, for real steps to be taken to tackle the problems. He said that once the Constitutional Reform is completed, work could start on the regulations that will permit the application of the migration law. Pared Perez pointed out that the United States, France and Canada should fulfill their commitments and go in aid of Haiti, because the Dominican Republic has enough on its plate.
Meanwhile, according to Onofre Rojas from the Alliance for Democracy (APD), Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso acted "foolishly and thoughtlessly" when he described Jimmy Carter's comments on Dominican-Haitian issues as "interference in the DR's internal affairs". "He never spoke of this at any point and he has clarified that it was about combating tropical diseases such as malaria and filariasis, which must be tackled jointly", said Rojas. He said that Morales Troncoso's statement could have negative consequences, as the Foreign Ministry is responsible for bringing together the Mixed Bilateral Commission, whose task is to develop the relationship between the DR and Haiti.
The director of the Commission for Health Sector Reform (CERSS), Humberto Salazar, assured reporters that the United States, France and Canada are the principal culprits in Haiti's dire predicament, and that therefore these powerful nations should be the ones seeking solutions. He said that there was a sense of urgency in the country for the definition of a migration polity and control of Haitian immigrants.
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