NewsWhore
01-10-2007, 04:50 PM
Presidential Minister Temistocles Montas is proposing a Constitutional amendment that would oblige the Dominican Congress to pass the nation's budget within a 75-day period [Congress actually passed the budget in less than a week this year], decide on loan proposals within a 60-day window and a 15-day period for submitting a piece of legislation to the President for his signature. The proposal was made during the discussions on constitutional reform being held at the PUCMM campus in Santo Domingo, and caused quite a stir, according to El Caribe. One of the key points in the proposal was the suggestion that if international loan packages were not approved by Congress within the timeframe, they would be considered automatically valid. Another element of the proposal was that Congress could modify budget assignments with a two-thirds majority in both houses. The Dominican ambassador in Washington, Flavio Dario Espinal, a former dean of the PUCMM law school and constitutional expert, said that it would be prudent to proceed very cautiously with such a proposal since it might force the Congress into a "marginal position."
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