After nine days in the United States, President Fernandez returned to the Dominican Republic to find things heating up, and perhaps even more complicated that when he left the country. The fuel saving plan that he instituted before leaving has not received much support from the transportation sector. In one of his first statements, the President said that he and his team would “review” the situation.
The chief executive also has to mediate in a struggle between some of his closest associates, like Danilo Medina and Aristides Fernandez Zucco who are fighting over oil purchases in Venezuela. Yet another problem is the direct remark made by his legal advisor to the chief justice of the Supreme Court regarding the handling of the corruption cases. Legal advisor Cesar Pina Toribio commented to Chief Justice Subero Isa that he should not be one talking about corruption when judges under him were handing out questionable rulings in corruption cases presented. And, as if all this weren’t enough, the Congress begins its debate on the proposed new tax reform package today.
Fernandez told Diario Libre reporters that he would not want to propose any new measures regarding fuel saving measures until after he had met with his energy cabinet.