Political analyst Rosario Espinal writes in Hoy newspaper today that in the DR there are not the conditions for the emerging of a governance conflict. She says that a recent survey carried out by sociologist Ramon Tejada Holguin of Unibe university shows that President Leonel Fernandez retains the same high level of popularity he had when elected, 57%. Furthermore, she notes that the leading opposition force, the PRD is willing to contribute in order to preserve its existence. She highlights that the non-partisan mediators, have been successful in contributing to resolve any political impasse. Furthermore, she points out that the macroeconomic problems of 2003-2004 are being resolved in the framework of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
“For these reasons it can be said that in the country there is not a lack of governance and the interpretation that is being given to political conflicts needs to be changed. We cannot, either, accept the idea of accepting situations just to avoid a governance crisis. She says that to put a hold on confronting problems for the simple fear of a contributing to a situation of lack of governance will only result in strengthening positions of politicians that seek to destabilize the country.
She urged the nation confront four major problems that she says if not resolved would indeed negatively affect democratic governance. These are:
1) Prosecution against public and private individuals that committed major fraud against the people.
2) The business sector and not government investment needs to be the backbone of economic reactivation for this to be able to be sustained.
3) Civilian security and purging of the security forces.
4) Improvement of basic services to the population.