The government-intervened Listin Diario reported that some of the sectors generating hard currencies, such as tourism and industrial free zone companies, will support the efforts of the Commission to Follow Up and Supervise Currency Operations, as recently created by President Hipolito Mejia. Johnny Bernal, a spokesperson for the National Hotel and Restaurant Association (ASONAHORES), told reporters that his group would back the new request and asked the Internal Revenue Office to send him the required forms. The president of the Industrial Free Zones, Arturo Peguero, told the press that these requirements were standard, as they report their transactions to the Central Bank every month anyway, under the requirements of Law 8-90. Horacio Alvarez of the exporters’ association assured reporters that the financial authorities already have that data and suggested that a climate of greater confidence be fostered.