Former president of the Dominican Tennis Federation, Gonzalo Mejia urged Congress to pass the Dominican Sports Bill. He feels the Dominican sports authorities have lost interest in the bill and are focusing on other matters "that apparently are more productive moneywise or more interesting such as the building of the Pan American Games villa and sports installations, but nobody is talking about organizing sports in the DR." Mejia feels the bill is essential to organize sports here. If not, the money spent will be like "throwing it into the sea." "Pan American Games cannot be held only for the purpose of building a villa or sports installations, and that is what the Dominican Olympic Committee and the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games, this government and the previous government are involved in," complained Mejia. Dr. Jose Joaquin Puello said last week that there is no time to seek a major athletic development program, which was one of the major reasons for hosting the Games here. He said the time for that was lost. "There is no time to develop new talents," said Puello. Puello has favored scouting for Dominican athletes abroad.
