Senate to address projects on drugs, gambling, and Labor Code this Monday

Santo Domingo. – The Senate of the Republic plans to hold a day of commission meetings this Monday, in which bills and resolutions of high national interest will be addressed. The Permanent Finance Commission will meet at 11:00 a.m. in the Pedro Francisco Bonó Hall to analyze several initiatives, including the bill regulating gambling, proposed by the Executive Branch, and three different projects seeking the creation of the College of Authorized Public Accountants, submitted by senators Pedro Manuel Catrain Bonilla, Julito Fulcar Encarnación and Cristóbal Castillo Liriano.

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At 12:00 noon, in the Felipe Parra Pagán Hall, the Permanent Education Commission will study projects that include the incorporation of political education as a cross-cutting theme of the national education system, the inclusion of subjects on the prevention of illicit drug use, the modification of Law 5-13 on Disability and a resolution that recognizes the Loyola Polytechnic Institute for its contributions to education. In the afternoon, at 2:00 p.m., two simultaneous meetings will take place: the Special Commission studying the modification of Law 12-06 on Mental Health, and the Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Commission, which will evaluate diplomatic agreements and ratifications submitted by the Executive Branch, including appointments of ambassadors in Poland, Gabon, Cyprus, and the Sovereign Order of Malta. The legislative session will continue at 3:00 p.m. with the Bicameral Commission that studies the modifications to Law 87-01 on Social Security, in the Hugo Tolentino Dipp Hall of the Chamber of Deputies. Later, at 3:30 p.m., the Special Commission appointed on August 19 will analyze the bill that introduces modifications to the Labor Code, in the Pedro Francisco Bonó Hall.