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01-28-2010, 02:40 PM
According to the new Dominican Constitution proclaimed on Tuesday, if at least 2% of Dominicans with the right to vote get together, they have the right to present a bill to Congress. The new Constitution also establishes that citizens can demand compensation if injured or affected by bad quality of goods and services. Another new disposition is the referendum, and the approval referendum that will now be necessary for future constitutional reforms. Also new is the Constitutional Court that will review cases of violation of the Constitution.
From now on government departments will be known as ministries instead of secretariats. Writing in Diario Libre, journalist Socorro Arias makes the point that abortion, although banned in Art. 37, is affected by a loophole in Art. 42. The Article establishes that nobody can be subject to medical procedures without consent except in the cases when life is in danger.
See the text of the new Constitution at www.dr1.com/news/2010/012810_Constitution_2010.pdf (http://www.dr1.com/news/2010/012810_Constitution_2010.pdf)
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From now on government departments will be known as ministries instead of secretariats. Writing in Diario Libre, journalist Socorro Arias makes the point that abortion, although banned in Art. 37, is affected by a loophole in Art. 42. The Article establishes that nobody can be subject to medical procedures without consent except in the cases when life is in danger.
See the text of the new Constitution at www.dr1.com/news/2010/012810_Constitution_2010.pdf (http://www.dr1.com/news/2010/012810_Constitution_2010.pdf)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)