President Leonel Fernández spoke for two hours at the National Congress yesterday, National Independence Day. In his speech he reviewed achievements of his government in sectors as diverse as power supply, education, health, industry, transport, trade and investment promotion. He urged the nation to forge onward and see globalization not as the plague, but as new opportunities. He said that he would like to be remembered for modernizing the country, and urged the nation to continue to make investments in the education of Dominicans, especially in preparing new generations to work with the new technologies. Fernández said that the goal of the DR should be to convert the DR into the "intelligent republic of the Caribbean." such as Singapore is in Asia. He ended his speech addressing skeptics. He expressed his belief that the modern leader is he who has his head in the clouds and his feet on the ground. "It is he who has the vision, passion and the will to convert the impossible into realities." Excerpts, summary and quotes of the President’s speech.
