"I would like to see Danilo Medina have four more years"
Federico Méndez
SANTO DOMINGO. Francisco Dominguez Brito does not hide the passion or the admiration that he feels for the administration of the Government of President Danilo Medina.
Because of the expectations generated and the work carried out, he would like for the President to have the opportunity to govern for four more years.
Besides his work, Dominguez Brito lists the admiration and the work capacity of the president. The official spoke with Diario Libre.
Q. How would you grade the current exercise of the Public Administration?
A. I think we have a great and extraordinary President, to whom, not only myself, but I think that we have a population who respect him, who love him, above all, for the commitment that he has taken on with the poor, with institutionalism and with stability, not only macroeconomic, but also the political governability in all the sense of the word.
I think that now, when we will soon reach three years (in office), the President of the Republic undoubtedly deserves the greatest of recognition by the Dominican people.
He places a lot of importance on his word; I remember that with the tourism sector in the East, the businessmen suggested that if the government carried out a series of projects, they would make great investments in hotels.
The President complied immediately, and today we see how tourism is growing enormously, and the perspectives are extraordinary.
He is a great worker; he really doesn't have Saturday's and Sunday's.
The farm sector has been the great beneficiary, not only with the credits and professional assistance; the constant presence of a President is a stimulus. He dedicates himself almost too much to his duty to serve, the people really appreciate this a lot, because he does it from the heart.
Q. What you think about the calls that argue that President Danilo Medina should not spend just four years in Government?
A. The population in general would like the President to have at least have a second term, I, too, would like to see President Medina havefour more years. The people say so, and they want it, because they have seen the work, because they feel that there are still some things to be finished.
While it is true that he has done a lot, the challenges that we have before us are enormous. For example with regard to Social Security it is now when we begin to develop all the outlines of reforms, the issue of the educational revolution, with the day care centers, let us say that in the next year we finish the majority of the day care centers, something never before seen in the Dominican Republic.
This is to say, that in any of the areas, if you take education and Social Security, to give just two examples, you realize that the projects are going forward quickly, but that nevertheless, four years to finish them, according to this vision, are not sufficient, and because of this I think that people would like to see the possibility that President Medina could have a second term.
He has made a good government, the people love him. What I most admire is his vision of the future, referring to the educational revolution.
It is a transforming vision of the human being, to improve the quality and the time spent in the education of our children, combining sports and culture during eight hours a day, and finally above all in the most marginal sectors there is social assistance where food and health are the integral parts.
Q. Do you think that during this administration corruption has been reduced?
A. I think yes, the projects of oversight, the projects of public drawings and also the work that is being carried out by the Directorate of Public Contracts, which is headed by Yokasta Guzman, really have been extraordinary.
All this contributes enormously so that we can reduce corruption, so that there is greater transparency and reduction of corruption, above all in the public contracts.
We have seen every day how the systems improve, how everyday there's more control, the same oversight committees play a highly important role; there is still a lot to be done, a lot to be strengthened. The oversight committees themselves have to have more capacity to intervene and avoid corruption, and insure that there is a lot more transparency, but what has been done is very significant.
Q. At the present time are there fewer complaints of corruption?
A. I believe so at this moment. We haven't seen little things, we haven't seen take scandals in the media about officials of this government, and I believe that this is a very important step.
Q. Regarding public safety, how are the numbers and the steps that have been carried out?
A. While it is true that we see cases that cause a lot of worry to Dominican society and, above all some cases of armed robberies and assaults, we can observe a considerable reduction in the homicide rate.
I'm talking of two points each year, over these last three years, and this is very considerable. If we remove police action, which is not measured in the majority of the Latin American countries, just among ourselves, this has two points for each 100,000 inhabitants. If we subtract this we are talking about 16 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants.
This puts us, for example, Greater Santo Domingo as the 10th safest capital in all of Latin America, of approximately 25 or 26 capitals of Latin America. The ideal is to be the first of 25 but one feels that things are going forward and progressing,. We have always had, all my life, a low rate of kidnapping, in relation to many countries, and the homicide rate is always the big worry, the same as robberies and assaults, which is that of the challenges that we are having, and "I believe that with projects such as 911, and the division into quadrants by the preventive police, the system of installation of security cameras, of more than 600 in the video system that is being established things will get better."
"Little by little we are going to be watching and closing in on crime, above all in the most sensitive areas. I also feel very optimistic that we can achieve better results."
Because of the expectations generated and the work carried out, he would like for the President to have the opportunity to govern for four more years.
Besides his work, Dominguez Brito lists the admiration and the work capacity of the president. The official spoke with Diario Libre.
Q. How would you grade the current exercise of the Public Administration?
A. I think we have a great and extraordinary President, to whom, not only myself, but I think that we have a population who respect him, who love him, above all, for the commitment that he has taken on with the poor, with institutionalism and with stability, not only macroeconomic, but also the political governability in all the sense of the word.
I think that now, when we will soon reach three years (in office), the President of the Republic undoubtedly deserves the greatest of recognition by the Dominican people.
He places a lot of importance on his word; I remember that with the tourism sector in the East, the businessmen suggested that if the government carried out a series of projects, they would make great investments in hotels.
The President complied immediately, and today we see how tourism is growing enormously, and the perspectives are extraordinary.
He is a great worker; he really doesn't have Saturday's and Sunday's.
The farm sector has been the great beneficiary, not only with the credits and professional assistance; the constant presence of a President is a stimulus. He dedicates himself almost too much to his duty to serve, the people really appreciate this a lot, because he does it from the heart.
Q. What you think about the calls that argue that President Danilo Medina should not spend just four years in Government?
A. The population in general would like the President to have at least have a second term, I, too, would like to see President Medina havefour more years. The people say so, and they want it, because they have seen the work, because they feel that there are still some things to be finished.
While it is true that he has done a lot, the challenges that we have before us are enormous. For example with regard to Social Security it is now when we begin to develop all the outlines of reforms, the issue of the educational revolution, with the day care centers, let us say that in the next year we finish the majority of the day care centers, something never before seen in the Dominican Republic.
This is to say, that in any of the areas, if you take education and Social Security, to give just two examples, you realize that the projects are going forward quickly, but that nevertheless, four years to finish them, according to this vision, are not sufficient, and because of this I think that people would like to see the possibility that President Medina could have a second term.
He has made a good government, the people love him. What I most admire is his vision of the future, referring to the educational revolution.
It is a transforming vision of the human being, to improve the quality and the time spent in the education of our children, combining sports and culture during eight hours a day, and finally above all in the most marginal sectors there is social assistance where food and health are the integral parts.
Q. Do you think that during this administration corruption has been reduced?
A. I think yes, the projects of oversight, the projects of public drawings and also the work that is being carried out by the Directorate of Public Contracts, which is headed by Yokasta Guzman, really have been extraordinary.
All this contributes enormously so that we can reduce corruption, so that there is greater transparency and reduction of corruption, above all in the public contracts.
We have seen every day how the systems improve, how everyday there's more control, the same oversight committees play a highly important role; there is still a lot to be done, a lot to be strengthened. The oversight committees themselves have to have more capacity to intervene and avoid corruption, and insure that there is a lot more transparency, but what has been done is very significant.
Q. At the present time are there fewer complaints of corruption?
A. I believe so at this moment. We haven't seen little things, we haven't seen take scandals in the media about officials of this government, and I believe that this is a very important step.
Q. Regarding public safety, how are the numbers and the steps that have been carried out?
A. While it is true that we see cases that cause a lot of worry to Dominican society and, above all some cases of armed robberies and assaults, we can observe a considerable reduction in the homicide rate.
I'm talking of two points each year, over these last three years, and this is very considerable. If we remove police action, which is not measured in the majority of the Latin American countries, just among ourselves, this has two points for each 100,000 inhabitants. If we subtract this we are talking about 16 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants.
This puts us, for example, Greater Santo Domingo as the 10th safest capital in all of Latin America, of approximately 25 or 26 capitals of Latin America. The ideal is to be the first of 25 but one feels that things are going forward and progressing,. We have always had, all my life, a low rate of kidnapping, in relation to many countries, and the homicide rate is always the big worry, the same as robberies and assaults, which is that of the challenges that we are having, and "I believe that with projects such as 911, and the division into quadrants by the preventive police, the system of installation of security cameras, of more than 600 in the video system that is being established things will get better."
"Little by little we are going to be watching and closing in on crime, above all in the most sensitive areas. I also feel very optimistic that we can achieve better results."
Federico Méndez
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