NewsWhore
12-01-2006, 03:00 PM
By the look and sound of it one would think that Presidential elections are next week, but the reality is that the hype over the next President is causing current work to be neglected by government officers. Diario Libre reports that none of the 51 points on the Chamber of Deputies' agenda yesterday were covered because 90-legislator quorum was not met. The reason? Many PLD members of the Chamber were outside Congress holding meetings, lobbying and campaigning for their preferred candidates. There are voices of reason though, which are calling for the campaigning to stop until the time is right. Chamber president Julio Cesar Valentin said that it is not the time for internal PLD campaigns and called the campaigning for Danilo Medina "premature." Former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez says that the topic should be put on hold until next year and reminded the public that there are more important things that need to be focused on like the budget, the fiscal reform and the constitutional reform.
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