Santo Domingo.– Ruling PLD party deputy Alfonso Crisóstomo vowed to submit next Wednesday a bill to amend the Free Access to Information Law because in his view investigative journalists use it for reasons other than it was created.

Crisóstomo, who admitted that his father and a brother are in Congress’ payroll, said the information must be categorized because it’s being used to do harm. He said it’s not about a limit to freedom of speech, rather discretion with official information.

“Public opinion should  know that I have my father in the payroll and nobody is going to remove that old man who eats from his son, not even Valentin will remove him,” said the Puerto Plata province (north) lawmaker in reference to Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin.

He also defended his brother’s presence in the payroll, who works as his driver in political activities in his province, alleging that his relative also campaigned.

Insisting that he’ll seek to change the Law, Crisóstomo argued that the legislation is being used not only by journalists, but by politicians, who when competing with their rivals reveal the information to voters in order to jeopardize them.