President Hipolito Mejia ordered tax exemptions yesterday to key officials in city governments, allowing them to import vehicles costing less than US$30,000 duty-free. President Mejia also ordered that the government make RD$150 million in loans available to municipal governments that have not set aside sufficient reserves for the payment of the 13th Christmas wage.
These announcements were made yesterday by the President, from his campaign trail at the Club Nautico in Andres, Boca Chica. Hoy newspaper reports that the press has been given restricted access to Mejia’s campaigning activities in Santo Domingo and the interior of the country.