The Fernández government will be giving priority to 100 proposals made during the National Dialogue. Several of these will be sent to the National Congress for approval. Listed below, they are: Popular sectors, unions and community matters:Relocate hundreds of evicted persons and victims of natural disasters. Expand the coverage of the Alimentos para Todos program of Inespre that sells low cost food products. Implement strategies for the construction of housing in impoverished areas. Carry out a major campaign against drug trafficking. Economic PoliciesGuarantee the sound operation of the private and public financial regime. Maintain the fiscal and monetary equilibrium. That the Central Bank reassume its role as promoter of price stability and soundness of the financial system. Urgency that National Congress pass the Monetary and Financial Code. Urgency that National Congress pass a reduction in import duties and compensation of this reduction in income to the state by way of the tax reform. Strengthening of the high levels of the Central Bank. Increase the supervision of the financial system, including cooperatives. Avoid that the peso increase in value if this cannot be justified by an increase in production. Reiterate the need for balanced fiscal policy, whereby if government expenditures are up, these will be financed by increasing taxes. Approve the Código de Ordenamiento de Mercado, rules that promote free market, intellectual property and copyright, unfair competitive practices, consumer protection. Promote back linkages between Dominican companies and free zone export companies. Promote the availability of loans for micro, small and medium-sized businesses. Promote a competitive industrial development strategy that allows national industry to produce in quality and price, similar to conditions existing on international markets, sustained by intersectorial and international integration. Social PoliciesModernize the social security system. Approve legislation to favor single women and domestic workers. Mechanisms to grant participation of women in the provincial development councils. Creation of a specialized fund to support women involved in small farming service companies and businesses of women in the rural areas. Creation of the Secretaria de Asentamientos Humanos y Vivienda, as a way of reorganizing the sector. Establishing a fair salary for construction workers. Planning of public sector works so that they are not begun unless the budgetary assignation is there. Technical and financial support to organizations and neighborhood groups that are carrying out housing solutions or improvements with the use of appropriate technology. SportsPreparation of a program for construction of schools. Reduction of illiteracy. Execution of Sports Program 1997-2003. Political reformsProposal for the reform of the Constitution. Creation of courts for constitutional guarantees to determine that laws, decrees and rulings are in line with the Constitution. Infrastructure and EnergyCreation of the Oficina Fiscalizadora de Obras Electricas, Mecanicas e Industriales del Estado y el Sector Privado Passing of the General Electricity Bill. Implementation of a long range program for the development of non-conventional and alternate sources of energy in the country. FarmingPromote a bill to modernize farming and reorganize the sector to the new international and national situation. Program the import of food products so that sales of national production are not affected. Promote development of organic farming. Farming insurance. Prepare farming for the 21st century by providing farming education and research. Environment and Natural ResourcesConstitutional reform to incorporate the concept of sustainable development. Definition of government policies of the sector. Preparation of a legal framework for the environmental sector. Creation of an environment court. Creation of a Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Revision of Law 676 on the national system of protected area to introduce innovative elements for the handling and promotion of tourism. Formation of the Instituto Nacional de Recursos Forestales, made up by the Direccion General Forestal and the Comisión Nacional Técnica Forestal. EducationProgressive expansion of the educational system coverage. Teach over 300,000 persons older than 15 years to read and write during the next five years.
