DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader will deliver the annual public accountability speech on Sunday, 27 February 2022. This is the most important annual address by the President. President Luis Abinader is the most communicative President the country has had. He frequently takes time from his busy schedule to personally announce new projects and address the issues. He has assumed the role of spokesperson for his government.

President Abinader will speak from the platform of the National Congress at a time when the country is still under the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, now aggravated by the Russia-Ukraine geopolitical crisis that impacts the economy. The higher costs of fuel have resulted in a spiral of inflation that has reached a decades-high rate of 8.7% for January 2022. This at a time when the economy is showing strong recovery, and the tourism sector...