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06-06-2007, 04:10 PM
The accusations of corruption in the planned construction of resorts in the National Park of the East made by Environment Minister Max Puig are becoming part of a political comedy, according to some observers. Diario Libre carries a front-page article that says the comedy headliners are Puig and Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez. According to the widely read paper, the Senate leader said yesterday that he would not meet with the Environment Minister who had promised to reveal the names of the legislators involved in an attempt to get title to lands within a Protected Area. Pared Perez said "we are not going to accept his visit, since he (Puig) used the press to make his accusations, he should use the same media and be responsible enough to identify the legislators who are covered by the accusation." Minister Puig, who made a lengthy speech at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) yesterday, did not refer to the issue.
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