After a priest called for government attention to urban chaos and slumization and impassable streets in Santiago, President Danilo Medina skipped protocol and spent half an hour highlighting achievements of his administration. The speaking out was unusual, as President Medina has spent most of his term not answering to criticism.
In his listing of achievements, President Medina spoke of the importance the government has given to education, and of improvements in tourism and farming mentioning RD$72 billion to finance productive initiatives, and the completion of renovation of public hospitals by the end of this year. He spoke of how the Dominican economy has been the one to grow the most in the region and of the creating of 540,000 jobs in the past four years.
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El Dia
Diario Libre
27 July 2017
