President Leonel Fernández favors the modifying of the Constitution to include the possibility of celebrating referendums, where the nation would have participation in major decisions of importance to the country, not leaving these up to the political parties. President Leonel Fernández met last week with the persons responsible for the economic policy of the nation, the planners and the senators and deputies at the Coral Hamaca hotel of Boca Chica. During meeting, the legislative agenda of the government party for the congressional sessions that open 16 August was discussed. Among these are the bills that reform the social security system, the free trade agreement with Central America and the bill to reform the tariffs. Also mentioned are a bill that creates the legal framework for the Dominican stock exchange, a new foreign trade bill, a bill that would create the Contaduría Pública and the issuing of bonds by the Central Bank to pay the domestic debt.
