As reported in El Caribe, Dominican newspaper editor Rafael Molina Morillo, president of the Freedom of Press Commission of the Interamerican Press Association (IAPA), requested yesterday that President Hip?lito Mej?a ?refrain from invoking measures of national security to limit the practice of journalism and impose previous censorship in the country.? Yesterday in his report to the nation on what he called the Baninter embezzlement, Malkum had stated:
?I would also like to issue a warning, so that ignorance may not be alleged, while recognizing the transcendent importance of having a healthy banking system in any country, that we have requested that the Executive Branch consider any statement, or affirmation, by any person, designed to cause disturbance or uncertainty regarding the Dominican banking system as a threat to national security.
In consequence, we will uphold the request of the Monetary and Financial Administration, the Executive Branch, under the Constitution and the laws of the Republic, and would immediately bring any person to justice who partakes in such activity and crimes. The country will not allow that any person, with public statements, destabilize the financial system of the country.?