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11-16-2009, 03:10 PM
This afternoon the National Revisory Assembly for the Constitution will take on the final text of the Constitution of the Republic during the second reading, using reports from the Verification and Auditing Commission and the Style Commission as guidelines. The meeting is scheduled for 3pm and during the session the complete text of what will be the new Constitution will be read, along with the acts of the Assembly sessions that are pending approval and some corrections in writing style, the elimination of repeated articles and other technical aspects.
Generally speaking, there will be no new changes to the project of 277 articles, 19 general and transitional orders and a preamble. The present Constitution has 122 articles. The president of the assembly, Reinaldo Pared Perez told reporters that the legislators will not be able to add anything new to the text that was corrected by the commissions, and therefore, the Assembly should limit itself to approving the reports.
The date for the proclamation of the new Constitution is 10 December, the date on which the new text will once again be read in full.
President Leonel Fernandez will be present at the proclamation of the Constitution, and will give a speech in light of the fact that he was the Chief Executive who submitted the legislative proposal for a Constitutional Reform to the National Congress in the first place.
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Generally speaking, there will be no new changes to the project of 277 articles, 19 general and transitional orders and a preamble. The present Constitution has 122 articles. The president of the assembly, Reinaldo Pared Perez told reporters that the legislators will not be able to add anything new to the text that was corrected by the commissions, and therefore, the Assembly should limit itself to approving the reports.
The date for the proclamation of the new Constitution is 10 December, the date on which the new text will once again be read in full.
President Leonel Fernandez will be present at the proclamation of the Constitution, and will give a speech in light of the fact that he was the Chief Executive who submitted the legislative proposal for a Constitutional Reform to the National Congress in the first place.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)