The new director of the Dominican Port Authority, Melanio Paredes said that the government will again look into the privatization of maritime ports. While the process to privatize airports moved ahead and is just awaiting congressional approval for implementation, the privatization of sea ports stagnated under the administration of Javier García. Javier García was recently appointed campaign director for government party candidate, Danilo Medina. Recently, leading opposition party candidate, Hipólito Mejía accused Javier García of issuing a RD$50 million check to be used to motivate PLD votes in favor of Medina in the PLD primary. The government has denied this, saying the moneys were deposited in a government account. Paredes, the new Port Authority director, says that he has appointed a commission of technicians to prepare the documentation for the privatization process. He said all sectors that he is opening the process to all sectors that interact with port activity.
