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01-31-2007, 04:40 PM
Members of the Catholic Church hierarchy have submitted a proposal for an amendment to the Dominican Constitution that would define Dominican identity. The council, according to Hoy, was emphatic in asking that the means of acquiring Dominican citizenship needs to be defined once and for all.
The 31 paragraphs of the document propose that the Constitution consecrate the right to free, compulsory primary and secondary education, and penalties for parents who shirk their duty to send their children to school. They also ask for guarantees for health care and employment. The bishops also want punishment for corruption and strict controls on state resources. The bishops also touched on the issue of the nation's maritime limits. The article in Hoy shows that the bishops did not leave many areas without a recommendation. Education was at the forefront, and the Church leaders called for the creation of more technological institutions. The right to life, basic human rights, security, payment of taxes, guarantees for private property, a requirement for those 18 to 21 to to help society, the recognition of the family as the basic unit of society and clear-cut limits on each of the government's three bodies were among other suggestions.
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The 31 paragraphs of the document propose that the Constitution consecrate the right to free, compulsory primary and secondary education, and penalties for parents who shirk their duty to send their children to school. They also ask for guarantees for health care and employment. The bishops also want punishment for corruption and strict controls on state resources. The bishops also touched on the issue of the nation's maritime limits. The article in Hoy shows that the bishops did not leave many areas without a recommendation. Education was at the forefront, and the Church leaders called for the creation of more technological institutions. The right to life, basic human rights, security, payment of taxes, guarantees for private property, a requirement for those 18 to 21 to to help society, the recognition of the family as the basic unit of society and clear-cut limits on each of the government's three bodies were among other suggestions.
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