President Fernandez speech

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Yesterday's traditional Presidential Independence Day address to Congress was a mixture of multimedia hype and promises, according to detractors, and a message of hope and a strengthened democracy according to his supporters. President Leonel Fernandez offered new housing projects, billions of pesos for the industrial free zones and increased pensions for thousands of elderly citizens. PRD presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado said that there "was nothing new, just the same old story." Businessman Cesareo Rodriguez told El Caribe that the President's speech "would convince anyone, but the promises are never fulfilled." PRSC general secretary Victor Gomez Casanova told reporters that the speech "only sold illusions... a lot of theories." The new president of Private Business Council CONEP, Lisandro Macarrulla praised the President's plans for the free zones, calling them "a step forward." The reality was that the speech was very long and at least three people fainted during the address, which covered every aspect of Dominican life. For the complete speech in Spanish, see http://www.presidencia.gov.do/webpage/discursos_amp.php?idSpeech=35

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