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President blames PRD for not passing economic reforms

President Fernandez said during a conference at the University of Miami that his main frustration in office has been that he has not been able to implement the economic reforms package. The economic reforms package has not been passed by Congress, which is controlled by the PRD opposition party. He also criticized that Congress has not ratified the Central American Free Trade Agreement that was promoted by the Dominican government. President Fernández believes that if the PRD is elected to power in the 2000 presidential election, the country’s economic development will stagnate. In his opinion, PRD candidate Hipólito Mejía does not have a vision of the future. President of the Senate, Ramón Alburquerque (PRD-Monte Plata) attributed the country’s present high economic development rate to the lack of Congress passing the economic reform package which he said would have been detrimental to national producers.