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Santo Domingo. – Deputy Tobias Crespo reported this Tuesday that he submitted a bill that seeks to unify in a single body the institutions responsible for monitoring, surveillance, inspection, and control of traffic on public roads in the country.
The legislative initiative proposes to integrate the Military and Police Commission (Comipol), attached to the Ministry of Public Works, and the Acarrea program, from the Ministry of Interior and Police, within the General Directorate of Traffic and Ground Transportation Safety (Digesett), an entity that, as explained, is the only one empowered by law to supervise and sanction violations of traffic regulations.
Crespo from the Fuerza del Pueblo party, pointed out that there is currently a duplication of functions and budgets between these entities, which weakens the State's capacity to guarantee road safety.
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He indicated that while Digesett has barely 73 million pesos annually to fulfill its work, Comipol and other programs manage substantial resources that, in his opinion, should be concentrated in a single entity. The legislator explained that the project contemplates the transfer to Digesett of all assets, databases, personnel, and resources from both Comipol and the Acarrea program, with the aim of strengthening traffic enforcement and improving the presence of authority on the roads. He also highlighted that Digesett needs greater logistical and technological resources, such as speed radars, breathalyzers, communication radios, cell phones, and uniforms, to effectively fulfill its role. He recalled that many of the current equipment have been obtained through international donations due to budgetary limitations. "Strengthening road safety is an essential part of citizen security. We cannot continue to maintain three institutions with similar functions when the law clearly establishes who should exercise that responsibility," Crespo affirmed. The bill has already been filed and the deputy expressed his expectation that it will be included in the legislative agenda and sent to the Mobility and Transportation Commission for study and subsequent discussion.
