She made this statement at the conclusion of the Citizen Security Plan meeting of the Joint Task Force, headed by President Luis Abinader.

Her remarks come after the recent events in Santiago de los Caballeros, where a garbage truck driver was killed by a motorcyclist after being chased by a group of motorcycle taxi drivers.

During her address, the official questioned the public’s indifference to situations of violence.

“We have to reflect on whether we want to live in a society of spectacle where we film tragedy without helping or doing anything at all; whether we want to live in a culture of disorder where no one wants to obey the law and attacks the authorities when they try to enforce it…,” she said.

Raful also endorsed the State Pact against Violence and Crime promoted by the Attorney General’s Office, and highlighted that the Ministry of the Interior and Police maintains permanent security roundtables throughout the country.

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