The Dominican ambassador at the Holy See, Víctor Manuel Grimaldi Céspedes, has said that there is a proposal planned by “egoistic interests both local and transnational” to produce disturbances in the country beginning in August 2018.
Minister of Interior and Police, José Ramon Fadul, promptly debunked the plot. “We understand that the dire prediction made by [Grimaldi Cespedes] has no basis in truth here in the Dominican Republic. There is no danger of government instability or un-governability of the country,” said the Interior minister.
The statement by Grimaldi were also rejected by Alfredo Pacheco, spokesman for the PRM opposition party, who said there is no evidence of what Grimaldi is saying.
According to Fadul, the Dominican government and its institutions have a great respect for freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful protests.
In a letter sent to Listin Diario, Grimaldi said that the plan is to destabilize the country in a similar fashion as has happened in other Latin American countries to put pressure on the government of President Danilo Medina.
Grimaldi said the consequences would be chaos and an attempt to break the democratic system. He also said that there were rumors that the reason behind the move would be to move the Haitians from the country, who would supposedly leave due to the crisis.
On 16th August the Green March movement has planned the march of a million people against corruption in the capital.
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24 July 2018
