Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina yesterday said the 2013 Budget will be submitted October 1 as the Constitution mandates, to provide time to discuss a tax reform, which in his view would take around two weeks.
"Right now we are committed to develop a tax reform and a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund," said the head of state.
The President, who said after the talks toward a tax reform concludes the government would submit the Budget to Congress, didn’t reveal the amount. The 2012 budget topped RD$436.0 billion.
Although the Constitution calls for the Presidency to submit to Congress the Budget Draft not later than October first each year, “the deputies and senators have the power of being able to change with less than two-thirds on a subsequent date.”
Medina returned to the country after attending the UN General Assembly in New York.


So he left on a do nothing trip before finishing his HOMEWORK on the budget!
The day is early PURPLE Apologist!
Btw Danilo, get ready for your ball and chain from the IMF, I hope you've been working out.
Mr.MONTILLA,
Danilo just answered you better than I could!
On another note I suggest folks listen to President Medina's speech at the UN; he threw Lie-onel, Atabey and the other Neo-liberals with thier supply side trckle down Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman economics under the Bus!
at least the basics to run a country. Before they know it ,they will be owned by the IMF. Is this something knew in DR ? That before the budget gets approved by the congress they have to check with the IMF? They may as well be part of the USA like PR but then they can't do crooked things as they have been doing.How free are we?.