New Constitution Risks Higher Public Unrest

The passing of the Dominican Republic's new constitution heightens the risk of public unrest over the medium term. Immigrants with foreign parents will constitutionally not be able to claim citizenship in future, highlighting political efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration. Moreover, controversial amendments, which bar abortion and same-sex marriage threaten to further alienate large parts of society, and could keep the government's relation with the public tense for some time to come.

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