Santo Domingo.- The former Dominican President, Leonel Fernández (1996-2000. 2004-2012) asked the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, this Wednesday not to reintroduce the draft Law on Trafficking in Persons since he considers it would be “a big mistake”.
As he explained, he criticizes the project for the ignorance of the content of the Palermo Protocol and the resolution of the Dominican Congress that it is a right that he understands is not subject to discussion.
The latter due to the existence of an immigration law in the country, which he highlighted allows the Dominican State the right to deport without being considered a “forced return.”
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“Why can’t the Dominican Republic do the same?” he questioned. Fernandez after exemplifying that other countries have the right to repatriate migrants.
In addition, the president of the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) party added that the bill establishes the creation of a special fund that is made up of taxes that must be paid by national entities and legal entities with the purpose of defraying the expenses of the policies social services, such as health and housing, that the person’s family requires.
From left to right: businessman Pepín Corripio; the former President of the Republic, Leonel Fernández; the director of the newspaper El Día, José Monegro; Josefina Pimentel, Héctor Acosta and Mariano Germán, during the Corripio Group Weekly Lunch. Photo: Jorge Gonzalez
It should be noted that last Sunday, the three-time President of the Republic spoke through his social networks asking that the aforementioned bill be withdrawn because “it means a violation of the right of Dominicans.”
These statements were issued during the Weekly Lunch of the Corripio Communications Group, in which the heads of the FP Economy secretariats, Daniel Toribio; of Public Works, Mariano Germán; of Education, Josefina Pimentel; of Energy, Juan Gómez; from Agriculture, Héctor Acosta and from Communications, Omar Liriano.
