Purchasing "Sine qua non"

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US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Hans H. Hertell has commended Dominican politicians for quickly approving, after a first reading, the remaining bills opening the way for the country's entry into DR-CAFTA, but at the same time urged the government and its officials to expeditely approve the bills, during the remaining reading. Hertell, quoted in Diario Libre, says that until the pending bills are approved in the way they were agreed upon, DR-CAFTA will not be implemented. Hertell made these comments after he was asked whether Congress could use its sovereignty to change the trade agreement after it was signed. The ambassador also commented that the bill on government purchasing policy is particularly important to the implementation of the trade agreement, calling it "sine qua non," or indispensable in Latin.

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