The bishop of the diocese of Mao-Montecristi, Diomedes Espinal has accused government officials who are promoting President Fernandez’s re-election of pursuing their own wealth, while the country remains in poverty, as reported in Hoy. “Like a calf that is feeding does not want to be removed from the udder, it is natural for those who are stuck to the government, who are becoming millionaires over a short period, to seek re-election,” said the priest.<\/p>\n
“Why four more years, if it is to make the rich richer and the poor, poorer?” he asked after a mass in Casimaneas, in Santiago Rodriguez, as reported in Hoy. He criticized government officials who are just talk but have not tackled the reconstruction of the Santiago Rodriguez highway.<\/p>\n
Dajabon parish priest Regino Martinez says that promoting presidential re-election shows a lack of respect towards the population when the recent constitutional reform bans it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The bishop of the diocese of Mao-Montecristi, Diomedes Espinal has accused government officials who are promoting President Fernandez’s re-election of pursuing their own wealth, while the country remains in poverty, as reported in Hoy. “Like a calf that is feeding does not want to be removed from the udder, it is natural for those who … <\/p>\n