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08-10-2011, 04:50 PM
The Committee for the Defense of Barrio Rights (Copadeba) and Ciudad Alternativa barrio group complained there was no real open participation of the community in the "Popular Dialogue," barrio meeting organized by President Fernandez in Gualey on Monday. Copadeba barrio coordinators were present, but say they had not been formally invited to the activity. Nonetheless, they told the Diario Libre that the dialogue seemed like a meeting of a rank and file committee of the ruling PLD party, because in real terms there was no open participation in which the people could express themselves.
Zonal coordinator for Copadeba, Margarita Pinales, complained that the opportunities to speak were all taken by spokesmen close to the government. "I do not think that the President wants to hear just what his comrades are saying," she said.
In the meantime, the president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas Maldonado, said that he felt that the "Popular Dialogues" are being held a little bit late as a mechanism to try and resolve the problems of the population. In his judgment, President Fernandez is going through a difficult situation because of the economic issues and he is trying to find a way to release pressure through these meetings in the barrios.
On the other hand, the vice-president of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Guillermo Caram said that the government lacks the economic resources to resolve the problems. "The only solution is a fiscal discipline aimed at producing surpluses and investing in favor of production and investing to satisfy the social needs of the people with local resources, not to be depending on going more into debt," he noted.
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Zonal coordinator for Copadeba, Margarita Pinales, complained that the opportunities to speak were all taken by spokesmen close to the government. "I do not think that the President wants to hear just what his comrades are saying," she said.
In the meantime, the president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas Maldonado, said that he felt that the "Popular Dialogues" are being held a little bit late as a mechanism to try and resolve the problems of the population. In his judgment, President Fernandez is going through a difficult situation because of the economic issues and he is trying to find a way to release pressure through these meetings in the barrios.
On the other hand, the vice-president of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Guillermo Caram said that the government lacks the economic resources to resolve the problems. "The only solution is a fiscal discipline aimed at producing surpluses and investing in favor of production and investing to satisfy the social needs of the people with local resources, not to be depending on going more into debt," he noted.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)