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08-17-2011, 05:10 PM
The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies opened the second regular legislative session of the year yesterday, and installed their respective leaderships with the Reinaldo Pared Perez and Abel Martinez re-elected as the heads of each chamber. In the Senate the election of the group was directed by Senator Felix Vasquez, the oldest senator, together with Luis Rene Canaan and Dionis Sanchez, the youngest senators, as is required by the internal regulations. The leadership of the Senate is completed with Senator Cristina Lizardo as vice-president and senators Ruben Dario Cruz Ubiera and Heinz Vieluf Cabrera, secretaries.
In the Chamber of Deputies, Abel Martinez and Lucia Medina Sanchez were re-elected as president and vice-president, in a session headed by the Reformist deputy, Maximo Castro Silverio, the oldest deputy present at the session and the two youngest deputies, Jose Paliza and David Collado as secretaries according to the established protocol.
The leadership of the lower chamber is completed by Licelot Arias and Kenia Mejia, secretaries. Victor Suarez was introduced as PLD spokesman, Ruddy Gonzalez for the PRD, and Ramon Rogelio Genao for the PRSC. After being sworn in, the president of the Chamber of Deputies said that the challenge for this chamber during the legislature that was beginning would be to approve the Law of the Political Parties, the Civil Code, modify the Minors' Code, and approve the legislative proposal of the National Development Strategy. He stressed that in the last legislative year it was demonstrated that in the Chamber of Deputies they were able to put aside individual interests for the collective good, in order to translate it to benefits for all Dominicans.
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In the Chamber of Deputies, Abel Martinez and Lucia Medina Sanchez were re-elected as president and vice-president, in a session headed by the Reformist deputy, Maximo Castro Silverio, the oldest deputy present at the session and the two youngest deputies, Jose Paliza and David Collado as secretaries according to the established protocol.
The leadership of the lower chamber is completed by Licelot Arias and Kenia Mejia, secretaries. Victor Suarez was introduced as PLD spokesman, Ruddy Gonzalez for the PRD, and Ramon Rogelio Genao for the PRSC. After being sworn in, the president of the Chamber of Deputies said that the challenge for this chamber during the legislature that was beginning would be to approve the Law of the Political Parties, the Civil Code, modify the Minors' Code, and approve the legislative proposal of the National Development Strategy. He stressed that in the last legislative year it was demonstrated that in the Chamber of Deputies they were able to put aside individual interests for the collective good, in order to translate it to benefits for all Dominicans.
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