PLD Secretary General Reinaldo Pared Perez rejected criticism by the Bishop of La Vega, Msgr. Antonio Camilo, saying the prelate’s comments portrayed “ignorance, lack of knowledge, and inconsistency”, according to Listin Diario. Pared Perez said that he regretted not having heard similar statements from the Bishop during the previous administration, when consumer prices reached unsustainable levels. “I would have liked to hear Msgr. Camilo during the last administration when the price of eggs was 4 and 5 pesos, when chicken cost 42 pesos, when rice cost over 25 pesos, when the exchange rate was 60 to one” stated Pared Perez. He emphasized that “(Camilo) did not protest in that state of things”. He reiterated that the Bishop’s statements were an act of ignorance or inconsistency.