{"id":499089,"date":"2026-02-01T11:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/albuquerque-period-lawmakers-remember-the-entren-to-as-a-gesture-of-bravery\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:35:24","slug":"albuquerque-period-lawmakers-remember-the-entren-to-as-a-gesture-of-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/albuquerque-period-lawmakers-remember-the-entren-to-as-a-gesture-of-bravery\/","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque period lawmakers remember the “Entren To” as a gesture of bravery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Milagros Ortiz, Chu V\u00e1squez, and Ginette Bournigal highlight the values that characterized Alburquerque<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Santo Domingo.-<\/strong> Legislators from the period in which engineer\u00a0Ram\u00f3n Alburquerque<\/a><\/strong> presided over the Senate of the Republic <\/a><\/strong>remembered this Sunday the iconic phrase of the deceased politician “Entren to co\u00f1o”<\/strong>, within the framework of the honors that will be rendered to him in the Municipal League prior to his burial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jes\u00fas Antonio V\u00e1squez Mart\u00ednez \u201cChu\u201d<\/strong>, who today serves as consul in the city of New York<\/strong>, recalled as one of the most emblematic moments of his political life the episode that occurred on January 25, 1999<\/strong>, when several senators were virtually kidnapped in the Dominican Municipal League<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\nHe stated that although Alburquerque did not initially share the decision, he submitted to the will of the majority and went to the place with only one “weapon”: the Constitution of the Republic<\/strong>. Faced with the refusal of the police authorities, he raised his voice with firmness and dignity, starring in a gesture that marked the democratic history of the country. “This is how history is written,” recalled Chu, when evoking that act of civic courage.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> Pacheco remembers Alburquerque as a “fighter” who broke many barriers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n“The police chief says that he has no order to let the senators pass, but only Agripino N\u00fa\u00f1ez Collado and a commission from the PRD. Then Ram\u00f3n, like a brave man, says to him, ‘And who is the authority here? Me, who am president of the National Assembly, or Mons. Agripino, who has no function.’ Then, uncomfortable, annoyed.<\/strong> That’s when we lift Ram\u00f3n to cross the barrier, and when we cross the barrier and manage to open the space, then Ram\u00f3n says, ‘Enter everyone, Damn it!’, as a gesture of manhood, but above all of bravery<\/strong>, at a time when the institutions of the Dominican State were being kidnapped by the government of Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez,” narrated V\u00e1squez Mart\u00ednez.<\/strong>\n\n\n

In that sense, he stated that Alburquerque was an upright, humble man detached from material possessions<\/strong>, committed to the Dominican people until the end.<\/h2>\n\n\nFrom her side, Milagros Ortiz Bosh<\/strong>, current general director of Governmental Ethics and Integrity, described as a “beautiful detail\u201d,<\/strong> the moment when Ram\u00f3n Alburquerque, before heading to the Dominican Municipal League, passed by her private office on Lincoln Avenue to get the Constitution of the Republic. <\/p>\n\nOrtiz Bosch also recalled the extreme tension of that day, marked by violence and fear. He recounted how Mr. Andr\u00e9s Bautista was affected after receiving multiple blows<\/strong> and had to be urgently transferred to the G\u00f3mez Pati\u00f1o clinic<\/strong>, the closest at that moment.\n\nThe climate was one of absolute confrontation: the presence of armed civilians, constant threats, and an atmosphere that evoked dark episodes in national history, such as the low-flying aircraft over Congress. \u201cThere was an attitude of nullifying the right to discuss,\u201d<\/strong> he stated, referring to the conflict generated by the municipal elections and the refusal to review the results.\n\n\n

Faced with that scenario, Milagros Ortiz Bosch emphasized that the decision to go to the Dominican Municipal League was not individual, but collective. It was a determination made as a legislative body<\/strong>, in defense of democracy and institutionalism. \u201cIt was a team decision, in which we all participated and we all walked together\u201d, she expressed, recalling that, in the midst of that critical moment, she and Ginette Bournigal <\/strong>remained firm in place. <\/p>\n\n\nBournigal, also a senator in the present period, expressed her concern about what she called a morbid approach<\/strong> by only highlighting Ram\u00f3n Alburquerque’s verbal outburst, without contextualizing the desperation of the moment. She recalled that while Senator Enrique \u201cEnriquito\u201d L\u00f3pez<\/strong> was in serious health, the senators elected by the people were disrespected<\/strong>, even though Alburquerque was holding the Constitution in his hands.\n\n\n

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\u201cIt was very serious that the passage of a mediator was prioritized over the legislators,\u201d<\/strong> he emphasized, questioning that the institutional violation was minimized and a human reaction was magnified in a limiting context.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nFinally, Ginette Bournigal highlighted the historical mark of Ram\u00f3n Alburquerque as president of the Senate, beyond an isolated episode. She recalled that under his leadership the Congress’s electricity was paid for the first time<\/strong>, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice was integrated into the presidium of the National Assembly and fundamental laws such as those of environment, health, energy, education, the Monetary and Financial Code were promoted<\/strong>, as well as the reforms that gave real independence to the judicial system and viability to the National Council of the Magistracy.\n\n\n

Official Duel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIt is recalled that President Luis Abinader<\/a><\/strong>, declared official mourning for Sunday February 1<\/strong>, on the occasion of the death of engineer Alburquerque Ram\u00edrez<\/strong>, through Decree No. 62-26<\/strong>, issued this Friday. The provision recognizes the public and political career of Alburquerque Ram\u00edrez, who died at the age of 76<\/strong> after battling liver cancer.<\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Milagros Ortiz, Chu V\u00e1squez, and Ginette Bournigal highlight the values that characterized Alburquerque Santo Domingo.- Legislators from the period in which engineer\u00a0Ram\u00f3n Alburquerque presided over the Senate of the Republic remembered this Sunday the iconic phrase of the deceased politician “Entren to co\u00f1o”, within the framework of the honors that will be rendered to him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[43235,24033,19365,41646,27106,14571,17823,40456],"class_list":["post-499089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-dominican-news","tag-dominican-municipal-league-lmd","tag-ginette-bournigal","tag-jesus-vasquez-martinez","tag-legislators","tag-milagros-ortiz","tag-milagros-ortiz-bosch","tag-ramon-alburquerque","tag-senate"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25PP","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}