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03-28-2011, 03:30 PM
President Leonel Fernandez has sent back to the Chamber of Deputies the bill with his observations that modify the National Council of the Magistracy bill. The Chamber had irregularly approved the bill with a simple majority, and not the two-thirds majority established in the 2010 Constitution. In the message accompanying the bill, nevertheless, President Fernandez justified the approval, indicating that the legislators had acted according to traditional methods. He justified returning it to Congress on the grounds of the heated debates on the violation of the Constitution.
The bill's passing with a simple majority had been primarily challenged by National Business Council (Conep) president Manuel Diez Cabral, who said the decision by the legislators weakened judicial security, affecting the business climate and Dominican institutions. He called for a system where the rule of law prevails.
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The bill's passing with a simple majority had been primarily challenged by National Business Council (Conep) president Manuel Diez Cabral, who said the decision by the legislators weakened judicial security, affecting the business climate and Dominican institutions. He called for a system where the rule of law prevails.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)