Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s Industries Association (AIRD) Thursday said it’s alarmed by the manner in which some city councils harm the country’s national production, tourism and legal security in the last few years, by charging fees to regional commerce, which in their view violates the Constitution.

AIRD spokeswoman Ligia Bonetti de Valiente spoke out against a recent resolution by the Veron Municipal District City Council, Altagracia province, to charge trucks which use its roads, which she affirms will increase costs for companies and places the creation of jobs at risk.

“this type of unconstitutional fees seeks to collect taxes to cigar and mattress factories or repair shops, concrete and cement makers, builders, wood shops, blocks and door factories, welders, printers, tailors, glass shops, etc., most of which are small industries that create formal jobs, and bear heavy loads in terms of costs and that now is tried to drown them even more with the Verón city council measure,” Bonetti said in a statement.