United States ambassador Hans Hertell is asking the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) to not politicize the approval of the DR-CAFTA treaty currently before Congress. While making sure to ratify the fact that the political parties have full right to establish their position regarding the treaty, Hertell urged passage of the project as soon as possible. As reported in El Caribe, Hertell said: “Obviously we do not like to see the politicizing of the ratification process of so important an agreement.” Hertell was responding to questions about the threat made by the PRD to retire from the National Dialogue and not approve the free trade agreement. The ambassador called on the PRD to join in the dialogue along with the other sectors of the Dominican Republic in order for the legislation to be passed without further complications. Hertell added that he “would like to see a consensus, since this would be best for the country.”
On Monday, following a meeting, the PRD announced that they were making their approval of the DR-CAFTA treaty conditional to the expected compensation measures and demanded that the government reveal its tax reform proposals.