President Luis Abinader He stated yesterday that the project of Penal Code It must be studied and agreed upon further before it is approved, and he estimated that an extension of the current legislative period would not be sufficient to correct the imperfections that are observed.
“It is a shame that this (the draft Penal Code) is 20 years old and there are still imperfections, regardless of the ideological and criteria differences that exist, I believe that this Code needs to be studied and agreed upon more. I think that even extending the legislative session (which ends on the 26th of this month) would not be the necessary time,” said the president in LA Semanal yesterday at the National Palace when answering questions from journalists.
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In another order, he raised the possibility of unifying the Ministries of Education (Minerd and Higher Education -Mescyt-, as part of the fiscal reform that is aimed at depositing in the National Congress.
“We are studying the unification and streamlining of several ministries, this is one of them (MINERD) and as part of the tax reform, we are going to present it,” he said.
He said that fiscal reform is not only about collecting taxes, but also about the efficiency of spending in the 23 ministries and entities.
He also said that all health security agencies in the country are paying close attention to what is happening with anthrax in Haiti.
On his swearing-in at the National theater, He said that it will be held there because of the number of heads of state and personalities who will attend the event on August 16.
