The president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas Maldonado, suggested this morning that the government withdraw the tax reform project submitted to the National Congress and convene the Economic and Social Council to achieve a true fiscal pact that is the result of dialogue, consultation and equity.
He stated that dialogue and agreement in the Social Economic Council would lead to a true fiscal pact “which at that time we all considered important and necessary.”
On his Twitter account, Vargas Maldonado considered that the alleged waste of resources generated by the State, to which more than 42 billion dollars of debt were added during the first four years of the PRM government, precipitated the presentation of a tax reform project that contravenes the mandate of the National Development Strategy.
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The president of the PRD stated that dialogue and agreement in the Social Economic Council would lead to a true fiscal pact “which at that time we all considered important and necessary.”
He maintained that hence his recommendation to the government to withdraw that proposal “which liquidates the middle class and further impoverishes the most vulnerable, generating legitimate complaints and mists within the population and in the productive sectors.”
The opposition leader makes his statements amid the questions and criticism that the tax reform project proposed by President Luis Abinader has provoked in political, labor, social and economic sectors, with which he seeks to generate income of more than 120 thousand millions of pesos.
“The official proposal entails the creation and expansion of taxes such as the Itebis, which would tax a wide range of products in the food basket and basic services, while creating serious difficulties for the productive sector, according to what was proposed by several business associations. , which they warn could put at risk the process of recovery of economic growth with stability that the country has maintained during the last two decades,” he stated. Vargas Maldonado.
Public views
The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco, announced that there will be public hearings for all sectors to express their opinions on the initiative.
