President Leonel Fernandez is to issue a bridging decree aimed at regulating the purchase and contracting of goods and services by the government, in an effort to increase transparency, while Congress passes legislation to this end, according to a report in Diario Libre. The President favors a special law to regulate concessions as has been done in other countries, because of its complexity. The projected decree was drawn up by the National Ethics Commission led by Dr. Jose Joaquin Bido Medina. The DR-CAFTA agreement, signed with the US and Central American nations, contains regulations for this type of government activity and must therefore be taken into account in the drafting of the decree.
Listin Diario reports that President Fernandez led a three-hour workshop with ministers and government department directors to analyze and discuss the bridging decree.