The leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, reprimanded the president of the Chamber of Deputies, PRD deputy Hector Peguero Méndez, for confronting deputy Andrés Vanderhorst of the Partido Liberal La Estructura. The president of the chamber changed the locks on Vanderhorst’s office at the chamber and fired Vanderhorst’s personnel responding to Vanderhorst’s affirmation that deputies accepted bribes from telecommunication companies to accelerate the passing of the telecommunications bill that will deregulate telephone service rates. Peña Gómez had earlier requested that confrontations be avoided as he said these affect Congress’s already diminished reputation before public opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, reprimanded the president of the Chamber of Deputies, PRD deputy Hector Peguero Méndez, for confronting deputy Andrés Vanderhorst of the Partido Liberal La Estructura. The president of the chamber changed the locks on Vanderhorst’s office at the chamber and fired Vanderhorst’s personnel … <\/p>\n