Santo Domingo.-President Luis Abinader assured that the Government, together with the private sector, must work to Dominicanize the workforce in all sectors, especially in construction and agriculture.
“We have to walk, the Government, the private sector, to Dominicanize the workforce in construction and also in the agricultural sector, where there is a special situation,” said Abinader.
He added that national security is above all, stating that “I have to protect this country as a country that has chaos on its side and I don’t negotiate that with anyone.”
He emphasized that all the Government’s actions seek the Dominicanization of the workforce in the various sectors and, at the same time, insisted that, above all, there is national security and its responsibility is to protect this country from a neighboring nation like Haiti.
Abinader spoke as he left the presentation of the new platform “Construyendo RD”, of the Dominican Association of Builders and Housing Developers (Acoprovi), an initiative designed to satisfy the growing demand for training and specialized employment in the construction sector in the Dominican Republic.
This tool is also projected as a key element in the national strategy to Dominicanize the construction workforce, promoting the professionalization of local workers and generating development opportunities for a robust and trained workforce.
The platform brings workers closer to job offers and facilitates access to financing, scholarships and incentives that democratize technical training, thus reinforcing the competitive profile of the workforce.
During the event, the president of Acoprovi, Annerys Meléndez, highlighted the importance of the platform as a fundamental tool to convert the country’s housing construction sector into jobs for Dominicans and added that this is part of the institution’s actions. that support the National Plan for the Nationalization of Labor in the Construction Sector of the Ministry of Labor.
Worry
Representatives of various sectors, including the Minister of Agriculture himself, Limber Cruz, denounced that the agricultural sector is being impacted by the increase in deportations of Haitians.
“Yes it has affected, but we are looking for solutions. We also have to think about mechanization, we have to think about solutions that can mitigate the situation,” said Limber Cruz.
Last week, former President Hipólito Mejía expressed his disagreement with the mass deportations, proposing that permits be issued for the sugar industry, such as those that he said were carried out during the governments of Joaquín Balaguer.
Mejía urged the Government to handle the Haitian issue in a less conflictive manner.
At the beginning of October, the National Security and Defense Council ordered the execution of an operation with the objective of repatriating up to 10,000 migrants per week.
Statistics
— Migration
From January to October, the Immigration Directorate registered deportations of 131,741 people and repatriated another 81,384 for a total of 213,125 returned to their country, while 173,800 returned voluntarily.
