The leading opposition party, the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) says that the state of the nation speech on 27 February 2018 by President Danilo Medina again shows there are two countries: that of the opulence for the members of the PLD and the government, and the other one with poverty and lack of hope for most Dominicans.
“In the Dominican Republic of the PLD party members there is wealth and no poverty, all public services work, traffic is regulated and orderly, even by the air with ‘flying chairs’,” the organization said in a statement.
The PRM also remarked that the political party has ensured abundance of work for party members in the state with luxury salaries and that their children study abroad with scholarships paid by the state.
Meanwhile, the PRM observes that in the other Dominican Republic most of the people live in poverty, hospitals do not work, there is no electricity, potable water and sewage services are practically non-existent, public transport is a disaster, justice is not impartial or independent, education is not of quality, there are no jobs, wages are low and the people do not have enjoy money to pay for medicines or food.
The PRM observes that after 18 years of PLD government, there is now a marginalized society that is impoverished and without hope, with 6 out of 10 young people wanting to migrate away from the “PLD paradise”.
The opposition organization said that the country’s public debt is more than US$37 billion and in 2017 increased at a rate of RD$421 million a day.
Also criticized is that the public deficit of the past 10 years that in 2017, according to IMF data, is now at 3.2% of the GDP. The PRM also mentioned the responsibility of the Central Bank in the growing debt of more than US$10 billion in order to maintain exchange stability and low inflation.
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7 Dias
1 March 2018
