The president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared Perez, speaking at the National Assembly yesterday, Thursday 27 February, before introducing President Danilo Medina on the occasion of the State of the Nation address, focused on the Political Parties Bill aimed at putting political party spending in check.
Pared Perez said that Congress could not be blamed for not passing the bill. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is pressing for the bill to be passed prior to the 2016 presidential election. He said the higher echelons of the political parties are responsible for the delay because they have not been able to agree on key topics.
He said that one of these points was for the primaries to be held on the same day nationwide.
Last week, the Conference of Catholic Bishops called for the passing of the bill aimed at regulating political parties.
The Senate president also referred to the Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 and said that although national and foreign sectors have been critical, they have not analyzed in depth the content of the ruling that he says is aimed at regulating the immigration problem in the country.