Controversial bills returned to Congress

[NewsWhore]

The Executive Branch has returned several bills considered controversial to Congress without signing them into law, such as the artificial island, the US$132-million loan for the police, the creation of Matias Ramon Mella province and several new municipalities. The bill approving a EUR106 million commercial bank loan for the Santo Domingo metro was not discarded. The President also returned the bill reforming the Penal Code, with legal advisor Cesar Pina Toribio explaining the President felt it should be subject to a debate with broad participation. The bills were sent back to Congress yesterday morning with messages explaining why each had been rejected.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)