The Minister of the Presidency, Danilo Medina, has warned the PRD that if they do not support the tax reform the government could go bankrupt as a result of the collapse of the country?s collection systems. Medina explained that the government needed to recover the RD$30 billion it will stop collecting after the application of the DR-CAFTA agreement, or risk the failure of important projects for investment in education, health and social aid. He stated that the current administration is spending more on debt repayment than it invests in health and education, all because of the economic crisis it inherited from the previous administration. Medina said it would be impossible for the government to implement any compensatory measures for agricultural producers without the reform. The minister was speaking during a press conference at the Presidential Palace, where he was answering the PRD leadership, which has been telling the government to take responsibility for the tax reform and send it to Congress.