The National Dialogue meeting concluded yesterday with a call for the government to give priority to creating the conditions that will allow a return to tranquility and an end to the violence in Dominican society. The body that comes together for discussions on national issues in government, business, religion, politics and civil society groups says that the government must improve its logistic support to the National Police and provide it with communication and transportation resources, as well as contribute to the efforts of the Ministry of Interior & Police and the Attorney General’s office to purge the institution of delinquent agents.
The members of the National Dialogue say that the causes for the present crime wave are the impunity that has accompanied past criminal acts, the increase in unemployment, hunger and social inequality, absent fathers, corrupted ethic values and the lack of confidence in the authorities.