NewsWhore
10-14-2009, 05:10 PM
Monday's impasse at the Revisory Assembly was enough to get PRD president Miguel Vargas Maldonado off his horse and into the trenches in a bid to rescue the "pact" he signed with President Leonel Fernandez. During Monday's Assembly session PLD and PRSC members united and voted against the proposal under discussion, which, if passed, would have allowed the opposition PRD majority in Congress to choose the last member of the National Magistrates Council. The PLD vote means that this Constitutional Article remains unchanged. This simple act demonstrated the fragility of the pact signed between the Fernandez and Vargas, which evidently does not guarantee that legislators vote for every stipulation in the act. The pact has also been criticized for including concessions that were not agreed upon by the wider party consensus. Vargas described Monday's events as problematic and said he would meet with PLD legislators today in order to smooth out the differences. "All we ask the PLD is to comply with what was agreed on in the agreement with President Fernandez. Let's wait until tomorrow, to see what the results are."
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