After a hiatus of over a month, the National Dialogue has been reconvened by Monseignor Agripino Nu?ez Collado. The opening session, slated for today at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra, will be attended by President Hipolito Mejia and will feature the input of two international speakers. The Center for the Study, Prevention and Solution of Conflicts, headed by Flavio Dario Espinal, is the sponsor of today?s session and the Inter American Development Bank is acting as co-host. Monseignor Nu?ez called the opening session a preamble to the renewal of the work sessions within the National Dialogue and an opportunity to study one of its main themes: medium- and long-term national development. Nu?ez Collado said that once the electoral issues have been settled, the National Dialogue must revert to the remaining issues on its agenda. Professor Espinal, who also heads the Legal Sciences Department at the PUCMM, told Listin Diario reporters that today?s session will help focus on ways to avoid the institutional conflicts that are affecting other countries in Latin America.
