Members and producers in favour to pass law protecting national production

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Legislators of current policies and representatives of more than 20 organizations linked to agricultural production demonstrated Wednesday to be adopted at the Congress Bill in support of national production, the authorship of Deputy Pelegrín Castillo.

This project is under study of the Standing Committee on budget, heritage and of the Accounting Chamber floor.

The Member Lupe Núñez, President of the Commission, to preside over a meeting carried out with the various sectors, reported that the draft law has been reformulated with suggestions of producers and representatives of the production level national.

He said that in this legislation you may use resources or tax funds from the public expenditure or law loans in the purchase of goods and services imported where there are goods or services of adequate quality produced in the country.

Núñez and u000aPelegrín Castillo explained that the project complies with all requirements established by international legal frameworks agreed by the country with the free trade agreement signed with Central America and the United States, the General Agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT); Agreement on Agriculture of the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as programmes of subsidies and food aid from the common policy of the European Union, Cap, among others.

Explained that this law will particularly apply to goods or services procured by the Dominican State, any of its levels or institutions. Also, in programs related to food, promoting agriculture, school feeding, among others.

Guadalupe Valdez Deputy stressed that the National Congress has its doors open for consensus so vital projects like the of incentive to national production, at the time of solicitor to u000a"to be published the results of the process of consultation carried out in the year 2011, related to this project, to enrich more".

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The reformist Deputy Victor Bisonó Haza mourning with the project, and stressed how important the people back to the field to produce, which - he said - is the social responsibility of the State".

Likewise addressed the deputies Jose Santana, Pedro Carreras, Johnny Guzmán, Ramón Cabrera, Marino Collante, among others.

Eric Riverio, President of the Dominican Association of milk producers (Aproleche), hailed the initiative and stressed that with the adoption of the new law "we will have more democracy in the country and Dominicans may continue to live on agriculture, producing quality and efficient".

Laura Castellanos, representative of Dominicans pharmaceutical industries (Infadomi), said that that entity supports the work done by the Chamber of Deputies and the members of the u000aCommission for his work for the rescue of a market that corresponds to the domestic producers, on the understanding that the project is very valuable for industry national.

As, the livestock producer Viterbo Martínez said that "national productive agriculture has encrypted their hopes in the adoption of this law".

Other participants in the meeting were Sonia Besonia and Bethsaida Sanchez of the Dominican Agroempresarial Board (JAD); Ivan Tió Pimentel, President of the National Federation of producers of rice (Fenarroz); Pablo Contreras, of Conaleche; Felipe Troncoso, President of Abaproleche and Coopesur.

In addition, Caesar Espaillat, President Aprano-Fenarroz; Juan Recio, President Fegasur, Rafael Landestoy Omar, Coopesur; Guarionex Gell, President Conaleche; Rubén Hernández, Secretary of Fegacibao; Ney Pimentel, Aproagro; José Matías, President of Proince; Wilfredo Cabrera and Fernando Mars, Coo-Caribbean; Carlos u000aFlorencio, Aprano-Fenarroz between Al.