On the campaign trail in Madrid, Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia told the Dominican community in Spain that if he should be elected President he would work to strengthen the middle class in the Dominican Republic. He empathized with Dominicans who despite receiving postgraduate education decide to remain abroad for the lack of better opportunities in the Dominican Republic.
He said more than a million Dominicans live a sort of “economic exile” abroad, including many young people who have graduated from foreign universities but have not been able to find suitable work at home.