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10-25-2007, 03:30 PM
The Presidency has announced that from now on any planned sale of government property by municipalities needs to reach the legal advisor's office accompanied by a technical study establishing that the property is not located in a protected area. Legal advisor Cesar Pina Toribio made the announcement following the scandalous sale of the Dunes of Bani protected area to a shipyard by the Bani municipality, backed by a presidential authorizing decree. Pina Toribio said that the new disposition is aimed at turning a wrong into a right. Pina Toribio blamed the previous sale on the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) that gave the green light to the sale, even motivating an increase in the price. "That means the municipality sold the land knowing that part of the dunes was being negotiated," he said, as reported in Listin Diario. He said the government decree was based on the LMD's recommendation.
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