Political analyst Rosario Espinal writes in Hoy newspaper today that in the DR there are not the conditions for the emerging of a governance conflict. She says that a recent survey carried out by sociologist Ramon Tejada Holguin of Unibe university shows that President Leonel Fernandez retains the same high level of popularity he had when elected, 57%. Furthermore, she notes that the leading opposition force, the PRD is willing to contribute in order to preserve its existence. She highlights that the non-partisan mediators, have been successful in contributing to resolve any political impasse. Furthermore, she points out that the macroeconomic problems of 2003-2004 are being resolved in the framework of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n
“For these reasons it can be said that in the country there is not a lack of governance and the interpretation that is being given to political conflicts needs to be changed. We cannot, either, accept the idea of accepting situations just to avoid a governance crisis. She says that to put a hold on confronting problems for the simple fear of a contributing to a situation of lack of governance will only result in strengthening positions of politicians that seek to destabilize the country.<\/p>\n
She urged the nation confront four major problems that she says if not resolved would indeed negatively affect democratic governance. These are:<\/p>\n
1) Prosecution against public and private individuals that committed major fraud against the people.<\/p>\n
2) The business sector and not government investment needs to be the backbone of economic reactivation for this to be able to be sustained.<\/p>\n
3) Civilian security and purging of the security forces.<\/p>\n
4) Improvement of basic services to the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Political analyst Rosario Espinal writes in Hoy newspaper today that in the DR there are not the conditions for the emerging of a governance conflict. She says that a recent survey carried out by sociologist Ramon Tejada Holguin of Unibe university shows that President Leonel Fernandez retains the same high level of popularity he had … <\/p>\n