Commenting on the state of the nation address by President Danilo Medina on 27 February 2018, the president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), Campos de Moya, said the speech did not fulfill the expectations of the public that had asked for Medina to address issues such as corruption and impunity, the increasing public debt and changes in the makeup of his administration’s cabinet.
De Moya said: “Well, we have a government that has ministers who have been in their posts a long time already. They have become accustomed to the positions they occupy, and society was expecting changes to bring new people for a new direction for the government.”
De Moya also said that the measures announced by the president to reinforce the border with Haiti also did not meet Dominican society’s expectations. He observed that measures that Medina announced in his address should become permanent and routine to guarantee the surveillance at the border.
Campos de Moya made the remarks during a telephone interview for the radio show La Super 7 en la Mañana.
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7 Dias
1 March 2018
