Dominican deputies approve 2008 budget

Domicantoday.com, Santo Domingo, December 27th 2007

The Chamber of Deputies approved the proposed budget for 2008 in two readings. The RD$3.89 billion budget was submitted to Congress by vice president Rafael Alburquerque on behalf of the executive branch.

The proposal was approved with 89 votes in favor, 10 against and 22 abstentions, and no time was allowed for hearing complaints from institutions that were demanding larger budget allocations in Congress, except for the UASD university: a delegation of professors headed by Franklin García Fermín asked Congress president Julio César Valentín for more resources.
The opposition PRSC criticized some aspects of the proposal but nonetheless asked for it to be approved with urgency and voted in favor.