Presidential candidate for the PLD, Danilo Medina said that he is of the personal opinion any person born in the Dominican Republic should be a Dominican. He said this is regardless of whether the person is born to a Haitian emigrant. He favored modifying the Dominican Constitution to this end. The Dominican Constitution excludes those born of diplomats and non legal residents. "I believe that he who is born here, in the territory, regardless of whether he is the son of a Haitian, is Dominican," he said when the matter came up while answering questions of a panel of journalists on the "Uno+Uno" TeleAntillas, Channel 2, morning show produced by Juan Bolívar Díaz and Margarita Cordero. He announced he would be placing into circulation his government program as of 14 March.
