Laura Castellanos, legal counsel to the Association of Dominican Courier Companies (Asodec), warned protesters belonging to the Juventud Democrata Institucional (JDI), the youth brand of the minority party Partido Democrata Institucional (PDI), that their announced nude protest is illegal. “It is a form of protest we do not encourage nor support,” she told the press speaking in the name of Asodec. Asodec has been very vocal in protesting the Customs Agency notice that as of 15 August 2014 Internet purchases under US$200 (that previously were tax exempt) would be subject to taxation. The organizers of the nude protest had urged participants to gather at the Parque La Lira between Abraham Lincoln and at the start of Lope de Vega Avenue to protest the announced government elimination of duty free treatment on Internet purchases under US$200.
Lawyer Trajano Vidal Potentini of the Justice and Transparency Foundation, a legal entity that has filed a recourse at the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) to challenge the legality of the new taxation ruling acknowledged that the nude protest is a crime.
Lawyer Julio de la Rosa Tiburcio also said that the Dominican Penal Code has penalties for those that would violate what are considered “proper behavior” in the country.
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