Santo Domingo.- Former President Leonel Fernández responded on Tuesday to the invitation made by President Luis Abinader, who offered that he would pay him the passage so that the ex-president goes to the FAO to question the measures on the food issue.
Fernández said that to know that the price of chicken has reached 125 pesos, the pound must not go anywhere.
“I thank you very much that gentle offer that he does to me, he has reiterated it to me, but to know that the chicken has reached 125 pesos the pound, without a history of Dominican history, you don’t have to go anywhere, I better go to Moca and Licey of the medium to ask. Management is easier and cheaper, “he said.
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On the apologies asked for President Abinader for the electrical problem, Fernández said that he understands his concern, but that more than apologizing, what governments have is to act and solve.
“Zero apologies and solve the national electricity,” he said, after adding that the problem is that the government does not pay electric generators.
Leonel Fernández offered these statements upon his arrival at the act of accountability of his son’s senatorial management, Omar Fernández.
Yesterday in the weekly with the press, President Luis Abinader defended the Economic Management of his government and assured that the purchasing power of the Dominicans has improved with the increase in the minimum wage and challenged the ex -president Leonel Fernández to discuss his figures on food and salary in the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization), offering it to cover “Passage, hotel and per diem to go to Rome to discuss”.
The controversy arose after Leonel Fernández questioned the validity of the call “Chicken Index”, Used by the Government to measure the purchasing power of the Dominicans. Fernández said that the price of chicken has had a significant increase since 2012, and that the index does not reflect reality.
The ex -president recalled that in 2012 the chicken pound cost between RD $ 35 and RD $ 40, while currently ranging from RD $ 80 and RD $ 100an increase of up to a 140 %. In addition, he mentioned that in 2021, due to shortage, the purchase was limited to four units per person and that the chicken came to quote RD $ 125 Libra, an unprecedented fact in the country’s recent history.
