Delegates approve $ 300 million loan

The Chamber of Deputies has approved a new $ 300 million loan to fund a program to support emergencies caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.

The agreement, signed by the country and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) on March 16, 2021, quickly became known to the Chamber of Deputies, with complaints from opposition benches about how it was approved.

As the Chamber of Deputies sat in the National Assembly Hall, Alfredo Pacheco, the voting manual and chairman of the organization, made an interesting approach to reconsidering approval.

Gustavo Sanchez, a spokesman for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in the lower house, asked the commission to reconsider the plan and explain the need for a new loan, but it was rejected.

“We put forward a plan to return to the committee, they voted for it, it was rejected, 115 delegates attended, 35 delegates from the PLD left, and any approval from there was illegal,” Sanchez said.

Second was the subsequent submission of a favorable report of the Commission to a referendum and although it was stated that there was not enough quorum, Pacheco approved it immediately.

A few minutes later, the opposition benches got up from their seats and asked everyone to stand up in support of Pacheco, and when they saw everyone standing, the chamber president approved the new loan.

Gustavo Sanchez described the move as a “dictatorship” that the modern revolutionary party wanted to implement “in order to carry out absolute approvals that did not respond to the constitution or regulations.”