At a ceremony led by President Leonel Fernandez, the government presented a 400-page book detailing the achievements of their first year in power. The book was presented together with a documentary by the Director of Information, Press and Publicity of the Presidency, Rafael Nunez, at the National Palace. Attending the ceremony were the First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez and dozens of government officials.
The government highlights that the unprecedented economic recovery, the restoration of confidence among businessmen and the stability of the economy are major achievements of the first year. Technical Minister of the Presidency Juan Temistocles Montas stated that the GDP increased 5.8%, inflation that in August last year at the time of the change of government, was at 52%, had declined to 0.98% by June 2005.
Another major achievement is the major decline in the drug trafficking operations in the DR, with major confiscations and arrests, including that of 1,387 kilos of cocaine in December 2004, and the subsequent accusation in the US of recently promoted army colonel Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, who is due to stand trial in the US on 6 September.