NewsWhore
07-22-2011, 12:40 PM
Better known for his muteness than for his communication with the Dominican public, President Leonel Fernandez announced this week that he would speak to the Dominican people in his role as the president of the ruling PLD party. Polls show the party's popularity has been sliding, attributed to widespread corruption and wasteful spending in government, alongside the rising cost of living in the Dominican Republic.
In an editorial today, Diario Libre comments that it is not clear why Leonel Fernandez will address the nation on Sunday in his role as president of a political party and not as President of the Republic when the topic he announced he would tackle is more civic than political.
Diario Libre says the President Fernandez has said he would "explain to the population the background of the serious international crisis that affects the world, and its impact on the Dominican Republic, the reasons of the measures the government has adopted and the perspectives for the immediate future of the nation."
"The impression that is had is that the government at least has become aware that it has to defend itself, that its silence from so long has given way to all kinds of conjectures and the image of the government is affecting the aspirations of the party into the next election."
The editorial writer suggests that the President should speak as President. "It would be more appropriate and sensible," concludes the writer.
Leonel Fernandez will speak at 8pm on Sunday evening, accompanied by the members of the Central Committee and other key figures from the PLD, legislators, mayors and councilors, announced Reinaldo Pared Perez, secretary general of the PLD and president of the Senate. He said the decision for the President to speak was taken by the party's Political Committee, which met on Tuesday. The speech will be televised and radiocast from the Barcelo Santo Domingo (former Gran Hotel Lina).
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In an editorial today, Diario Libre comments that it is not clear why Leonel Fernandez will address the nation on Sunday in his role as president of a political party and not as President of the Republic when the topic he announced he would tackle is more civic than political.
Diario Libre says the President Fernandez has said he would "explain to the population the background of the serious international crisis that affects the world, and its impact on the Dominican Republic, the reasons of the measures the government has adopted and the perspectives for the immediate future of the nation."
"The impression that is had is that the government at least has become aware that it has to defend itself, that its silence from so long has given way to all kinds of conjectures and the image of the government is affecting the aspirations of the party into the next election."
The editorial writer suggests that the President should speak as President. "It would be more appropriate and sensible," concludes the writer.
Leonel Fernandez will speak at 8pm on Sunday evening, accompanied by the members of the Central Committee and other key figures from the PLD, legislators, mayors and councilors, announced Reinaldo Pared Perez, secretary general of the PLD and president of the Senate. He said the decision for the President to speak was taken by the party's Political Committee, which met on Tuesday. The speech will be televised and radiocast from the Barcelo Santo Domingo (former Gran Hotel Lina).
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)