Diario Libre pointed out on Saturday that Armed Forces Minister Sigfrido Pared Perez has made comments that contradict statements made by other high-ranking civilian government offices. For instance, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito had spoken that he backs a project to purge the Armed Forces. Pared Parez would respond in a press interview that reform in the Armed Forces is responsibility of the President of the Republic, the Armed Forces Minister and the Joint Chiefs of Staff committee. Next, Interior and Police Minsiter Franklin Almeyda Rancier had stated that the present wave of violence is politically motivated. Pared Perez responded in statements to the press that intelligence bodies of the Armed Forces had not found any political involvement in the recent violent acts.
Diario Libre comments that Pared should be reminded that the Dominican government is a civilian one, and thus he should let civilians be the spokesmen for the government.