France distances itself from anti-DR campaign

[NewsWhore]

French ambassador in the DR Cecile Pozzo Di Borgio has distanced her country from the so-called anti-DR campaign and any attacks on its sugar industry, as reported in Diario Libre. Referring to a documentary film about Haitian laborers in the Dominican Republic, di Borgio explained that the mayor of Paris, where the film was shown on Wednesday, is a socialist, which explains why the city might not be in harmony with the French government's official stance. Di Borgio made it clear to Dominican officials that France doesn't support this campaign. Di Borgio also pointed out that the priests featured in the film, Christopher Hartley and Pedro Ruquoy are Spanish and Belgian respectively and that their countries should be responsible for their actions. Di Borggio made these comments after a group of Dominican officials handed her a copy of a resolution denouncing Hartley and Ruquoy. The resolution was unanimously approved in Congress this past Tuesday. The controversy and "anti-DR campaign" began earlier this week when Hartley and Ruquoy premiered the film "Slaves in Paradise."

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