DR: Equal rights for Protestant churches

President Hipolito Mejia rallied for the votes of Protestants in the Dominican Republic yesterday, with promises to equalize the privileges to Protestant Church leaders with those already granted to the Catholic Church made at a campaign event held yesterday at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel. Together with Vice-Presidential candidate Rafael Subervi Bonilla, President Hipolito Mejia announced the government would grant facilities for the Protestants to operate radio stations nationwide, with the Protestant churches receiving tax exemptions for the import of sound equipment. Government property where protestant churches, clubs, and homemakers’ committees are located will be legalized in their names if it can be proven they have been in place for at least 10 years, as reported in the Listin Diario.