In its main editorial, Hoy referred to the rekindled IMF accord as “the only light on the path: If we manage it correctly, it will help reposition our economy and our international reputation.” El Caribe lists several good-news items this week, including the IMF agreement, the agreement with the power companies, the World Bank and IDB loans and the more positive economic outlook for the Dominican economy predicted by international financial company JP Morgan. The writer sums up by saying that “good signs can bring good results, if the government stays on the straight and narrow. What is needed now are some good signs in the political arena, like the withdrawal of the Ley de Lemas from Congress, so that confidence, stability and certainty can once more appear permanently on the horizon.” Diario Libre puts it in stronger terms: “How can we trust these officials whose primary objective is the re-election of a President who has presided over the disaster that they are responsible for, but insist on blaming on others?”
For further information on the IMF agreement and economic policies to which the government has committed, see IMFsummary.doc.