Church defends its stance

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The president of the Dominican Council of Bishops, Archbishop Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio reaffirmed the Church's criticisms of government actions, and said that they correspond to realities of people in all of the governments. Archbishop de la Rosa y Carpio said that the Church would not back down from its social obligations. The prelate called upon the politicians to understand that the role of the Church was to defend the interests of the people and should not be looked at as partisan politics. He told El Caribe reporters that "we have no political interests, this is a reality that is there and can't be denied, and the government should not see this as if they were the cause, since this has long been present..."

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