NewsWhore
08-29-2006, 02:20 PM
Diario Libre editorial today focuses on the contradiction between all the attention the higher authorities of the nation are paying to political problems when the real problems of the nation are others.
"The debates will be long, dense and interesting. We are about to immerse ourselves into constitutional reform, period extentions, inter and intra political party struggles and reelectionary conflicts. But those are not our problems. We have real problems.
"We are about to implement a free trade agreement with the US. We will need the best tools to compete in a global market and it appears we are not prepared. We want to plunge into modernity and among us there are two million Dominicans that do not legally exist.
"Energy, health, education. And jobs, and justice and equal opportunities and social security.
"That the political parties discuss these topics and their popularity will rise in the polls. In the street, and not in the offices of government officers, are those problems. We don't have time to loose, we are already behind."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)
"The debates will be long, dense and interesting. We are about to immerse ourselves into constitutional reform, period extentions, inter and intra political party struggles and reelectionary conflicts. But those are not our problems. We have real problems.
"We are about to implement a free trade agreement with the US. We will need the best tools to compete in a global market and it appears we are not prepared. We want to plunge into modernity and among us there are two million Dominicans that do not legally exist.
"Energy, health, education. And jobs, and justice and equal opportunities and social security.
"That the political parties discuss these topics and their popularity will rise in the polls. In the street, and not in the offices of government officers, are those problems. We don't have time to loose, we are already behind."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)