Position . Eduardo Jorge Prats believes that the Constitutional Court stripped of citizenship to thousands. Related News Cardinal : Here send us, not France or U.S. or anyone Santo Domingo Constitutional law expert , Eduardo Jorge Prats , said yesterday that all the children of Haitians born in the Dominican Republic it is entitled to citizenship , regardless of their parents status was illegal . The one born before 10:00 am on January 26, 2010 , was under the Constitution Dominican 66, for that was that the constituent amended the constitution , otherwise just leave it , he said . Interviewed by journalist Federico Mendez, in Spheres of Power program , which airs Sundays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, from Santo Domingo TV, 168-13 considered that the judgment of the Constitutional Court stripped of nationality thousands of people . The lawyer insisted that those born in the country we must recognize the nationality even if the parents of these were illegally in Dominican territory. Jorge Prats estimated that there must be a true nationalism , where applicable the Migration Act , but we will recognize the rights of those who already have them . So its a judgment clearly absurd , obviously with effects, if you will, inhuman , or beyond the binding nature of this decision there is a duty of the authorities to make a favorable application of constitutional norms , legal standards , he said . He argues that there is a situation of decreasing rights and substantive law provides that citizenship was lost in certain circumstances , such as irrevocable criminal conviction and treason . He said that people born and raised in the country from 1929 to date, they have taken root , they have families , professionals and exercise are the most diverse offices , so he considers totally unfair that go through this situation. Definitely, this decision will have very important with regard to tens of thousands of Dominicans , that under the principles established by this Constitution , would fall into a legal limbo since its national status has been challenged by retroactive interpretation made by the Constitutional Court , he argued .
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:51:05 +0000
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