Is it true that today the DR government passed a budget WITHOUT the 4% for education? Anyone have a link?
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It is true. And here is Educacion Digna's POINT ON Press Release (google translator edition, jaja):
"Dignified Education Coalition calls for permanent vigilance against the National Congress
Senate again violates the General Law of Education
Considered a total affront to the country's institutional developments in the Senate
Developments in the Senate in yesterday's unprecedented, unusual, unfair, inappropriate and a long list of words beginning with in. The prefix in, according to the Royal Spanish Academy, meaning "denial or deprivation."
Accelerated approval of the budget is simply a denial of democracy. Without it being public knowledge, without opening public hearings, no report of the Senate Committee itself must take part in the affair.
All these faults are not just a total disregard for the Dominican people and not only that large majority that supports improved educational investment. No sector was heard.
The day's agenda October 5, 2011, which bears the agenda of the 68th provided that on that day would take knowledge of the draft submitted by the Presidency of the Republic. The above project is with the file number 00822-2011-SLO-SE and the original 009,576. To date the initiative's approval has not been prioritized or reports.
The fate of $ 430.000 million RD appears to be important enough to at least be studied. However approve the gem stone Larimar as national Dominican Republic, the project also addressed at the meeting yesterday, he deserved that 3 months of analysis in committee.
This is a total affront to the institutions of a country, the country's destiny for 2012 is a mere play to lift the hand is irresponsible on the part of senators and that they forgot to represent their people and should not respond to any other interest, as is mandated by the Constitution in its Article 77, paragraph 4 "The senators and representatives and are not bound by an imperative mandate, always act with attachment to the sacred duty of representing the people who elected them, to the which must be held accountable. "
Even were inspired by the preamble of it, did not verify that the Bill was part of "the supreme values and fundamental principles of human dignity, freedom, equality, the rule of law, justice, solidarity, the fraternal, social welfare, ecological balance, progress and peace, which are essential for social cohesion. "
From Dignified Education Coalition and urge the members to amend this arbitrariness, listening to the Dominican people requiring 4% of GDP for education. We ask you to remember that all candidates signed a commitment to education posed by this year's fight in 2011 in the education budget in accordance with the law 66-97.
We keep shouting to respect the institutions that enforce the law, but above all to respect the will of the people is sovereign."
