National District Senator Faride Raful rendered accounts on her four years as senator for the capital city for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM). She highlighted her term was marked by ethical principles. President Luis Abinader was present for the presentation of her four-years in the Senate rendition of accounts.
Raful had sought to be reelected but desisted at the request of President Luis Abinader and the ruling political party. She eventually would go on to back the choice for senator for the National District of Guillermo Moreno, a several times presidential candidate for the Alianza Pais minority party.
Raful says she took on the challenging role of checking the requests for loans submitted by the Executive Branch. She said she sought to avoid what she had seen was the norm, that the loans were passed without even a reading by the legislators. She said she leaves a framework for the checks and balances work to continue in the Hacienda Committee of the Senate.
Before being elected senator for the National District in the 2020 general election, Raful had undertaken a similar loans check role when she served as deputy for the Modern Revolutionary Party when it was in the opposition.
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8 May 2024