Santo Domingo. – The president Luis Abinader proposed on Monday to the former president Leonel Fernández “Cover the passage, accommodation and per diem” to travel to Rome and discuss directly with the organization of United Nations For food (FAO), after this institution stressed that Dominican Republic reduced extreme poverty to a historical 3.6 %.
“I have urged him to argue with FAO, but he didn’t want to go with boxing gloves to fight them,” Abinader said during his usual encounter with the media in the National Palace.
The president emphasized the advances in the purchasing power of the workers, remembering that at the end of Fernández’s mandate in 2012, the minimum wage of the non -sectorized private sector was of 9,900 pesos, equivalent to $ 247, while his administration has raised him to 27,988 pesos, about 450 dollars. In addition, he announced that in 2026 a new increase between February and June is expected.
On Fernández’s criticism regarding the increase in the price of chicken, Abinader said that the ex -president’s true concern It is that the Dominicans currently buy more chicken than during their government.
“They did not worry about uploading the real salary of the workersas we have done, which means greater purchase power, ”he said.
Abinader also approached the beginning of the school year, ensuring that it will be carried out without setbacks despite the irregularities detected at the National Student Welfare Institute (INABIE).
“We have everything you need to guarantee uniforms and shoes school students to public sector students. We will invite the media to prove that the school year begins normally, ”he said.
The president recalled that the removal of Victor Castrodirector of INABI Government to meet needs of the education sector.
