DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Frequently it is observed that the Dominican Republic has all the laws to make it run well, and that what is needed is to comply with the laws. But sometimes, the country just has laws that don’t make sense.

Diario Libre looks into the major mishap of the legislature that passed several laws that does not specify an amount, rather the totals are pegged to a percentage of GDP or other government funds. As President Luis Abinader himself has observed during a recent La Semanal press conference, there is no way the government can comply with these laws. The President would like Congress to act to correct the situation. Diario Libre gives the numbers of why the spending as to the percentages ordered by the laws would bankrupt the state.

In black and white, the newspaper uses National Budget data to report that to comply with the laws is equal to 65% of all Central Government...