President Danilo Medina has called in the National Congress for a special session starting today, Tuesday 15 January and lasting until Friday 15 February in order to deal with some important legislation. In Decree 15-13, the President mentions that the work pending completion includes the Organic Law of the Armed Forces and the National Police, the law for the Regulation of Public Sector Salaries, the Law on Political Parties and the modification of the civil and penal codes. Hoy newspaper also said that the President issued Decree 17-13 in which he declared the establishment of a functioning 911 system to be of “high national interest.”