On Wednesday, the police will take to the streets for Christmas.

Santo Domingo.- The government will launch this Wednesday the security plan for citizen protection during Christmas and New Year, which will have twice the number of agents used last year, revealed today the Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Raful.

According to Raful, the police will be on the streets to protect the population and to prevent social conflicts.

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"We are going to launch the national security plan this week, on the 3rd (...) there will be twice as many agents on the streets as there were last year, we will use many of those who have graduated from the resources provided by the National Police reform," Raful added. On the other hand, President Luis Abinader said that the recent adjustments in the per capita of health risk administrators are carried out in 95% of countries worldwide. In his traditional La Semanal meeting from the National Palace, Abinader responded to complaints from some ARSs who claim they will not be able to apply those new rates. "We always try to reach consensus, that's how we operate (...) that was approved using the same method that is used in almost all countries in the world," he hammered home. He highlighted, in another sense, that his administration has brought to 700 the special pensions granted for disability, while he recalled that in other administrations between 40 and 50 were granted. He assured that the funds for autism treatment come from different state institutions and even the private sector. "Resources are designated in the General Budget of the Nation, in Conadis, in the Statistics Office and in Siuben," said the ruler. The topic of this Monday on La Semanal was disability and how the government, Abinader assured, has improved the condition of thousands of these people in the country.

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