Sectors react to visit by OAS commission
Roberto Rosario says Haiti could create a state of regional insecurity
Diario Libre
SANTO DOMINGO. The announcement by the Organization of American States (OAS) that it will send a mission to the Dominican Republic in order to be alert regarding the repatriations of Haitians revoked yesterday reactions from diverse sectors that defend the right of the country to implement actions regarding immigration.
The Government through the Minister of Interior and Police, José Ramon Fadul, said yesterday that the Dominican Republic is open to the visit of any foreign agency who wishes to know the reality of the immigration policy of the country because there is nothing to hide.
Although he refused to talk about the announcement of the Organization of American States (OAS) that a mission would come to the country to investigate the "deportations" of Haitians, the official said that here they will not close the door to anyone.
"There are no impediments here for any international agency, or any international organization which wants to come to the country, there are no types of impediments," he said.
Interviewed in the Presidential Palace, the official insisted that the country is acting under the existing rules and that they guarantee the sovereignty, while always respecting human rights.
He reported that the Directorate General of Migration has already distributed 250 identification cards and continues issuing them to the cane workers, and that starting today or tomorrow Interior and Police will also begin to deliver ID cards and in 15 or 20 days they will begin to stamp the passports in order to deliver them to those who qualify for the Law of Naturalization.
No pressure!
Luis Abinader, the presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), said that the country cannot accept pressures from any international organization and that to the contrary they should continue complying with the immigration laws that are applied while protecting human rights.
"No society in any country can live with irregular immigrants, the irregular immigrations are not good either for the immigrant or for the country, since there is no control for this," he noted.
In his judgment, every society has the right to control illegal immigration and to normalize the status of those foreigners, without worrying about their nationality. "We are affiliated to the OAS and we will have to know the details of their inspection, if it is within the agreements with the country," he said.
The JCE is not worried
For his part, Roberto Rosario, the President of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), assured reporters that he is not worried about the visit by the OAS but rather the theory of regional insecurity generated by the Haitian migration.
"We are talking about the fact that a State is turning into a problem of public security for the other neighboring states," he affirmed.
He is hopeful that on this occasion the OAS what have the opportunity to redeem itself in relation to the Dominican Republic and show a different face than that which it had in 1965 (at that time the organization created a military force which violated the national sovereignty).
"What does worry me is the declaration of the Haitian ambassador at the OAS that the exodus, what he calls the Exodus of Haiti, could cause a state of regional insecurity. This is dangerous because everyone who is attentive to what is happening in that part of the island and in this part, we know that the governing class of Haiti has said that as part of its economic policy, as a solution to its economic problems, they have to create 200,000 migrants each year," he noted.
An excess of prudence
The deputy of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Victor Gomez Casanova, called the attitude taken by Chancellor Andres Navarro at the meeting of the OAS "an excess of prudence which translates into weakness." He said that the Minister of Foreign Relations should have defended with greater firmness and determination, the respect to our national sovereignty and to the Constitution.
The Government through the Minister of Interior and Police, José Ramon Fadul, said yesterday that the Dominican Republic is open to the visit of any foreign agency who wishes to know the reality of the immigration policy of the country because there is nothing to hide.
Although he refused to talk about the announcement of the Organization of American States (OAS) that a mission would come to the country to investigate the "deportations" of Haitians, the official said that here they will not close the door to anyone.
"There are no impediments here for any international agency, or any international organization which wants to come to the country, there are no types of impediments," he said.
Interviewed in the Presidential Palace, the official insisted that the country is acting under the existing rules and that they guarantee the sovereignty, while always respecting human rights.
He reported that the Directorate General of Migration has already distributed 250 identification cards and continues issuing them to the cane workers, and that starting today or tomorrow Interior and Police will also begin to deliver ID cards and in 15 or 20 days they will begin to stamp the passports in order to deliver them to those who qualify for the Law of Naturalization.
No pressure!
Luis Abinader, the presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), said that the country cannot accept pressures from any international organization and that to the contrary they should continue complying with the immigration laws that are applied while protecting human rights.
"No society in any country can live with irregular immigrants, the irregular immigrations are not good either for the immigrant or for the country, since there is no control for this," he noted.
In his judgment, every society has the right to control illegal immigration and to normalize the status of those foreigners, without worrying about their nationality. "We are affiliated to the OAS and we will have to know the details of their inspection, if it is within the agreements with the country," he said.
The JCE is not worried
For his part, Roberto Rosario, the President of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), assured reporters that he is not worried about the visit by the OAS but rather the theory of regional insecurity generated by the Haitian migration.
"We are talking about the fact that a State is turning into a problem of public security for the other neighboring states," he affirmed.
He is hopeful that on this occasion the OAS what have the opportunity to redeem itself in relation to the Dominican Republic and show a different face than that which it had in 1965 (at that time the organization created a military force which violated the national sovereignty).
"What does worry me is the declaration of the Haitian ambassador at the OAS that the exodus, what he calls the Exodus of Haiti, could cause a state of regional insecurity. This is dangerous because everyone who is attentive to what is happening in that part of the island and in this part, we know that the governing class of Haiti has said that as part of its economic policy, as a solution to its economic problems, they have to create 200,000 migrants each year," he noted.
An excess of prudence
The deputy of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Victor Gomez Casanova, called the attitude taken by Chancellor Andres Navarro at the meeting of the OAS "an excess of prudence which translates into weakness." He said that the Minister of Foreign Relations should have defended with greater firmness and determination, the respect to our national sovereignty and to the Constitution.
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