President Hipolito Mejia urged Dominicans to have faith that there are better days ahead. "I know that we have had difficult times. We have had to take very strong measures, but these things pass and soon after this process passes, I am sure the waters will return to their usual levels and the forces of the economy and commerce will impose themselves," said the President. He urged that the population trust the economic and social measures implemented by the government and called out for people to have faith in the destiny of the nation. He spoke while attending the swearing in of the new board of the Federacion Nacional de Comerciantes Detallistas de Provisiones, a large retailers union.
