Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez has asked the government, Congress and businessmen to put aside their personal interests when voting on the the tax reform bill, because the Dominican Republic cannot stay out of DR-CAFTA. According to a report in El Caribe, the leader of the Catholic Church spoke at a public function where he was being honored by over 500 personalities, and public and private institutions at Club Naco. He considers that if all Central America joins DR-CAFTA, the DR cannot stay out of it, and remain isolated. He said he hopes the impasse over the approval of the reform is overcome.
Hoy reports that the Cardinal thought that the approval of the bill would be easier, and declared that “whenever a possible solution arises, it is immediately complicated by other elements”.