Monsignor Agripino N??ez Collado, rector of the Pontifical
Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), told reporters in Santiago that
everything was ready for the national summit at the school?s campus in Santo
Domingo, to which the major players on the national political, economic and
social sectors have been invited. President Hip?lito Mej?a will be there today,
as well as the key leaders of the political parties. Also in attendance will be
the heads of both bodies of Congress, the Supreme Court Chief Justice, the head
of the Dominican Council of Bishops, and business leaders. Bishop Timothy
Broglio, the Papal Nuncio, is scheduled to give the invocation. Guests from
abroad include Jaime Montalvo, the president of the Economic and Social
Development Council of Spain, and representatives of the international financial
community and their respective ambassadors. According to Monsignor N??ez, the
main goal of today?s meeting will be to propose solutions to the principal
problems that affect the nation?s needy and to stimulate productive activities.
A focal point of today?s summit meeting will be the signing of a document that
will bind the signatories to the solutions presented for the most pressing of
the nation?s problems. The document asks that the participants of the conference
join forces to solve the most basic social, economical and political problems.