DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader at the request of legislators issued a decree that reconvened Congress to give more time for the passage of important legislation. On Saturday, 26 July 2025, Congress had finished its ordinary first session of the year, but neither the amendments to the Labor Code or the new Penal Code had managed to be passed by both houses. Neither passed in Congress were the bills on rentals, solid wastes or the National Intelligency Agency (DNI).

Legislators are ordered to return to their jobs through the extraordinary legislative session that will now close on 5 August. Congress will then open for its second legislative period of the year on 16 August.

Regarding the Penal Code, although it passed in the Senate and had received initial approval in the Chamber of Deputies, its progress has stalled. Technical errors, missing articles, disagreements with the...