2019News

PRM presents its 2020-2024 Government Plan

With most polls showing he is the candidate to beat, Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) presented his 2020-2024 Government Plan at an event at the Santo Domingo Sheraton on 12 November 2019. The 52-year old presidential candidate proposes a change in the present government model to better satisfy the needs of the present without committing the wellbeing of future generations. He described his program as one that will guarantee a balance between economic growth, the environment and social welfare. He said the Dominican state needs to replace political patronage for a focus on citizen rights.

“The fundamental problem of our time is undoubtedly inequality, and it is not only an obstacle to development, but a threat to peace. Today’s world is living in a crucial moment because, as never before in history, different types of inequality are manifest: political, social, economic and cultural,” he said.

“We inhabit an island, but we are not isolated from the problem. In our country inequality manifests itself as the greatest obstacle for the Dominican economy and society to leap to development, which is why we need a change,” he explained.

“To achieve this, the Dominican State has to replace political patronage with citizen rights. We have to build an innovative vision of democracy, centered on pluralism, diversity and participation. We must reform and modernize state institutions, strengthening transparency, professionalization, accountability, and administrative efficiency of all state organs,” he said.

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PRM Government Plan 2020-2024

13 November 2019