Legislators from the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP), Dominican Liberation (PLD), Modern Revolutionary (PRM) and Social Christian Reformist (PRSC) parties have conflicting positions on whether the Constitution of the Republic should be modified to create the Ministry of Justice proposed by President Luis Abinader.
deputies Omar Fernandez and Juan Julio Campos, spokesmen for the FP and the PLD in the Lower House, believe that it would be necessary to modify the Magna Carta to implement the initiative of the Executive Power. Contrary to them, Senator Franklin Romero, spokesman for the PRM in the Upper House, and Pedro Botello of the PRSC, believe that it would not be necessary.
Fernández maintained that everything indicates that the Constitution would have to be reformed and that in such a case the situation would be complicated because this would require a broad consensus and that the changes to be introduced be comprehensive.
“It seems to me that a constitutional review will have to be carried out to see if an initiative of this type is possible without a constitutional reform or if indeed it will have to be done. In the event that an initial reform is required, I tell you that everything becomes more complex because it must always require a broad consensus, a lot of dialogue and that it obviously be a comprehensive reform, ”he said.
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He added that “at this time I do not see that a constitutional reform is required, I do not know if the President made sure to consult well the need to reform or not, it would seem to me in principle that it will be necessary, but the final prudent opinion is left to you. political leadership of our party.
the PLD
On his side, Campos, a PLD spokesman in the Lower House, said that a Ministry of Justice has constitutional status and that therefore the legislators should focus on modifying the Magna Carta.
However, he said that as a party an official decision has not yet been made on the position to be adopted against the head of state’s project.
“To make any creation of this nature, the Constitution will have to be modified accordingly,” said the PLD legislator.
PRM
While the spokesman for the block of senators of the PRM advanced his support for President Abinader’s proposal and said that he does not believe that it is necessary to touch the Constitution to promote the initiative of a Ministry of Justice.
He believed that the proposal will have the support of all parties because it is a country project, not a particular party.
“The creation of a ministry does not require touching the Constitution, but we are going to study the case and we are going to seek consensus with all sectors,” he said.
“I can responsibly tell you that the PRM bench supports the proposal of the President of the Republic,” he added.
PRSC
On his side, Pedro Botello, spokesman for the PRSC in the Chamber of Deputies, explained that Congress has the power to create ministries and that for this it will not be necessary to touch the Constitution.
“It is assumed that the Ministry of Justice will be a State body that will be in charge of making matters of justice viable, not of modifying the terms of the Public Ministry, it will not come to tell the Judiciary what to do, or the Public Ministry, It will be a coordinating body,” he said.
