Santo Domingo.- Former opposition presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía has offered president elect Danilo Medina his support in the implementation of actions that benefit the vast majority of Dominicans.

“President Danilo Medina, we have a commitment to the country, for which we are always willing to offer our cooperation in any actions directed at benefiting the great majorities,” he stated.

In a speech made two days before Medina takes power, Mejía said that the new president would need to concentrate on all the nation’s strengths in order to solve the problems left by the Fernández administration and stressed that facts, not words would define his attitude towards the president.

He said that the Dominican Republic could not cope with the new government continuing on the irresponsible path of “extravagant expenses of the PLD administrations”.

Mejía, who represents a PRD party faction, said that he would not support any tax reform that harmed the public or the productive sectors.

He warned that he would be alert in order to save the people from paying the price of the financial disaster he said had been left by president Leonel Fernández.

“Our economists are predicting that by the end of December, this deficit will stand at RD$118 billion, which will have serious consequences for Dominican families”, he stated.

Mejía was critical of the Fernández administration. He blamed the president for the collapse of the agricultural sector, the unrestrained increase in imports and the enrichment of government figures and for issuing food importation permits.