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Members of the Reform Comission and the Legal Consultant of the Executive Branch, Antoliano Peralta / El Día

The Presidency submitted a comprehensive bill for the modernization and transformation of the National Police to the Senate on 8 December 2025, marking a critical step in a major police overhaul.

Antoliano Peralta, the legal consultant to the Executive Branch, delivered the proposed legislation alongside members of the Police Reform Commission.

“This is not a perfect bill, because no human endeavor is perfect, but we are all convinced that it represents a great advance,” Peralta stated: “Following its expected approval, the police force will be totally different and will finally enter the 21st Century.”

President Luis Abinader officially transmitted the initiative to the National Congress with a message: “I submit...