I think it's about the same in The DR in that it has to pass by 2/3 majority (133 votes out of 199 I believe). Anyhow it passed easily with 167 votes and it's a safe assumption that it will pass again if it needs to go to some second round of discussion and it will also be signed into law by the president, since he was the one who proposed it.
What I'm trying to understand is what does Leonel have to gain by proposing this at this point in his political career? Like they always say "follow the money"...I'm sure there's something...maybe it's just a distraction from the real objective of the reform, which is him being able to run for president again. Everyone knew this was going to be controversial and basically dominate the discussions, while other very important things got passed without much discussion.
Hey like Balaguer once said "The constitution is just a piece of paper..." Leonel is just trying to follow his lead.
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