On Monday 4 August, the main opposition PRD party plans to send President Danilo Medina some observations and proposals for modification of the Regulations in Law 169-14, after concluding that they contain “errors and contradictions” that need to be rectified. PRD president Miguel Vargas pointed out yesterday, Thursday 31 July 2014 that he would not reveal the content of the letter for reasons of ethics and respect, but he warned that they have maintained a “firm and invariable defense of the national sovereignty in the face of pressure from international agencies.” He stated that any solution to the problems of immigration should be presented on the basis of respect for the Constitution, the General Immigration Law 285-04, and the Sentence 168-13 by the Constitutional Tribunal. The PRD commission that will take the letter to the Presidential Palace will be composed of the legal director, Salim Ibarra, spokesman Victor Gomez Casanova, and jurist Jose Miguel Vasquez.
Vargas said that he had consulted eminent legal experts on the regulations and he said that the letter addressed to the President includes copies for Interior and Police Minister Jose Ramon Fadul, Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario, Director General of Immigration Jose Ricardo Taveras, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, and the Reverend Fidel Lorenzo, the president of the Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity.