In the face of several complaints from citizens about the high prices of basic basket products, the President of Fuerza del Pueblo, Leonel Fernández, yesterday asked the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, to maintain the aid and social programs before the economic uncertainty and regression caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fernández called on Abinader to remember and apply the phrase “First of all the people” used by the late leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), José Francisco Peña Gómez.
A call for President Luis Abinader, who remembers José Francisco Peña Gómez’s words “the first people” in these times of crisis, “the first people” and therefore we remind him of one of our governments, “Food comes first”.
The former President of the Republic spoke at the closing plenary session of the first internal congress of the Fuerza del Pueblo, called “Professor Juan Bosch’s People’s Congress”, held at the “Virgilio Travieso Soto” Sports Palace in the capital.
“Juan Bosch would be proud”
The political leader also exclaimed that Juan Bosch will be proud of the People’s Force and will be ashamed of the “other party”.
“Bosch comes from a single party, because I do not conceive that Bosch is from a party on which a foreign power had to draw attention in order for them to respect the Constitution. I think he would be ashamed of such a party, now I think he would be proud of a party that summoned the Dominican people to demonstrate in front of the National Congress in defense of the Constitution, “Fernández said in his speech.
In the heart of the city
“A government starts when it reaches the hearts of the people and this has already happened in the People’s Force, we have reached the hearts of Dominicans thanks to the presence of a leader like Leonel Fernández,” said former Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, who also spoke on the spot. .
While the coordinator of the congress, Franklin Almeyda, explained how the process took place in 17 thematic tables. “It started with brainstorming at the 17 thematic tables established in October. When the congress officially started, we gave an already formal and academic character to the proposals discussed and in January the 17 polling stations voted for the proposal they had to present at this event “, said Almeyda.
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Other details of the FP congress
Participation.
Almeyda said that of the 897 proposals presented at the 17 thematic tables, 99.77% were approved and of the 7,740 voting delegates, 70% participated.
Opposition.
The organization’s secretary general, Antonio Florián, said that “from now on” the People’s Force is ready to take to the streets of the Dominican Republic.