On occasion of the celebration of Our Lady of Mercy Day at the Santo Cerro in La Vega, La Vega bishop Hector Rafael Rodríguez blasted that only government complicity with criminals can explain the drug and corruption networks that have operated impudently for years. The bishop called for the protection of the mother of God to the Dominican people and the environment.
The bishop also called for legitimate political factional struggles to not erode public tranquility and social welfare. He expressed his hope that the new generations of politicians not be contaminated. He called for strengthening the party system to strengthen the institutional order.
Monsignor Héctor Rafael Rodríguez also denounced rampant deforestation, logging of forests and indiscriminate extraction of materials by sectors of power, threatening the disappearance of rivers. “We are playing with fire. In general, we think more about the wealth obtained by this destruction than about the challenge posed to humanity by climate change,” he said. The religious demanded that the National Congress approve the Territorial Ordinance Bill to stop the situation.
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El Caribe
26 September 2019