Secretary of the Presidency, Danilo Medina earnestly advised the Partido Revolucionario Dominican to heed the call to dialogue so that an agreement can be reached and the economic reforms be passed through Congress. The PRD, which is majority in the Senate, has said it will not approve new taxes nor any bills proposed by the government because of political differences with the ruling Partido de la Liberaci?n Dominicana (PLD). Recently, Monsignor Agripino N??ez Collado, the nation’s leading political mediator, and rector of the Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica Madre y Maestra urged the dialogues continue among politicians and that the pending economic reforms be passed for the well being of the nation. The government wants to reduce import duties and increase the sales tax (ITBIS) to compensate for the loss in revenues.
