Faride Raful has been appointed Minister of Interior and Police by President Luis Abinader.
The Dominican president announced the designation on his Whatsapp channel, where he communicated it this morning.
Minutes later the Presidency of the Republic sent decree 420-24 with the appointments, where it states that the designations will take effect on 16 August.
Faride was the deputy coordinator of the campaign of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), where Abinader was reelected.
She is the current senator for the National District, a position from which she leaves this 16 August. Before becoming senator of the capital, she served as deputy for constituency 1 of the National District, where she was the most voted candidate.
She is the daughter of the historic leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, now PRM, Tony Raful,
In that ministry she will replace Jesús Vásquez (Chu), who was appointed Consul General of the Dominican Republic in New York, United States, by President Abinader.
What is pending for the Ministry of Interior and Police?
The Ministry of Interior and Police is the center at the moment of the reform to the National Police, which was started by President Luis Abinader in April 2021.
That work began with the swearing in of a special multidisciplinary commission, which was charged with delivering proposals for changes to the Executive Branch.
At that time it was stated that the commission’s mission was to constitute itself as a council with the objective of elaborating and recommending public policies focused on a legal, institutional, operational and functional reform of the National Police.
Abinader’s first step in that direction was the announcement made on 30 March 2021, following the death of an evangelical married couple at the hands of National Police officers, who shot them without a word on the Duarte Highway, allegedly mistaking them for criminals being chased from Bonao, in the north of the country.
So far the Abinader administration has had three directors of the National Police: Edward Sanchez; Eduardo Alberto Then and the current one, Antonio Guzman Peralta.
Faride Raful’s academic background
Faride Raful studied Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), she did a Specialization in Information Law at the University of Salamanca, Spain; a postgraduate degree in Copyright and Related Rights at the University of Los Andres, Venezuela; and a Master in Telecommunications Law and Information Technology, at the University Carlos III, Madrid (Spain).
Her time in the National Congress
Faride Raful submitted bills against violence against women, disability protection, vaccines, transparency and patrimonial revaluation, law that exempts the payment of deposits in emergencies, public contracting, law that creates the national statistical system, climate change, pyramid scams, cybersecurity and territorial ordering.
Source:Listindiario.com
