The Chamber of Deputies has announced that there will be no Christmas hampers this year for deputies, employees, or any type of Christmas gifts, due to the austerity measures announced by the Medina government.
However, according to a press release, the deputies will continue the decades-old tradition of handing out toys to children in poor neighborhoods on January 6, Three Kings Day, and they asked for public tenders for the gifts.
The announcement seeks to correct the practice during the Leonel Fernandez administration, when the Dominican government was the leading buyer of Christmas hampers, mainly containing wines, liquors and gourmet items.
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