By DOLORES VICIOSO, DR1 Editor
The Abinader administration has two weeks in government, taking over from a political party in office for 16 consecutive years, with little checks or balances. What the new officials are finding becomes the soap opera chapter, or better said, the horror story of the day. Bloated benefits and payrolls, outrageous rents, flagrant violations of the law, irregularities in contracting…
It is refreshing to listen to government ministers with clear perspectives that they are on the job to correct what is wrong and modernize the Dominican government. The Dominican people voted for change.
DR1 News today shares extracts of an interview with new Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera. 25% of the Dominican Republic is declared National Park land. Over the past eight years, as never before, the implementation of the laws was twisted to benefit individual interests. Jorge Mera commits to revert to the rule of law for the collective interest. His efforts will be closely monitored, his successes celebrated.
Read the interview with Orlando Jorge Mera:
4 September 2020