Constitution approved

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The DR's new constitution has been approved by legislators. Reinaldo Pared Perez, president of the Senate and the National Revisory Assembly, said he is proud of the work that was done and claims it is more advanced than the Constitution that was passed in 1963 under then-President Juan Bosch, founder of the ruling party. Legislators voted 122 in favor with 14 against the new piece of legislation. The official proclamation of the new Magna Carta will take place on 10 December 2009, but the final read-through and approval by President Leonel Fernandez will be held tomorrow at 4pm. The new constitution has a total of 153 pages and 277 articles, compared to 122 articles in the 1994 Constitution.

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