The president of the Chamber of Deputies Hector Rafael Peguero Méndez send the National Budget yesterday for study by senators and deputies. At the time he did so he expressed his disappointment with the reduction in the Chamber of Deputies budget that was allotted by the Presidency. The Chamber of Deputies budget was reduced from a requested RD$430 to RD$370.8 million. The Chamber of Deputies is notorious for defending their own personal interests, and for their low work productivity. The members of the Commission for the Chamber of Deputies are: Ramón Bolívar Melo, Reynaldo Pared Pérez, Emilio Mercedes, Tomás Castro Silverio, José Joaquín Bidó Medina, Rafael Taveras, Tirso Mejía Ricart, Alfredo Pacheco, José Francisco Peña Guaba, Pelegrín Castillo and Rafael Vásquez, Cristina Lizardo, Betsayda Santana de Báez. The Senate representatives are: Ramón Alburquerque, Fernando Alvarez Bogaert, Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Darío Gómez Martínez, José Rafael Abinader, Enrique López, José González Espinosa, José Hazim Frappier and Gerardo Apolinar Aquino. Work sessions of the Chamber of Deputies have been suspended, nevertheless, because of differences among the deputies regarding the passing of the new ruling of that organization.
