Protestors claimed their Dominican nationality and disputed the nationality requirements confirmed by Constitutional Court ruling 168-13 and Migration Law 169-14. The protestors claim they have a right to Dominican nationality on grounds that the island was only one before Dominican independence was proclaimed in 1844. The protest took place on Saturday, 18 November 2017 at Independence Park.
Editorialist Adriano Miguel Tejada of Diario Libre commented on the protest in an editorial in Diario Libre on 20 November 2017 that this was a provocation as these protestors knew what they were doing as they were using the same Haitian argument that the island is one and indivisible. He writes that the taking on of Dominican nationality by those of Haitian descent has not been denied. Rather there are requirements that need to be fulfilled as in any organized country. Tejada says Dominican authorities need to respond to the provocations by applying the law.
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Diario Libre
20 November 2017
