Flags in front of the National Congress do not fly at half-mast despite national mourning

Following the death of politician Vicente Sánchez Baret, this Saturday was declared a day of official mourning by President Luis Abinader. However, the flags at the Centro de los Héroes fountain are not flying at half-mast, as previously established.

Abinader made the mourning official through Decree 608-25, which establishes in its Article three that the National Flag will fly at half-mast during the designated date, in military precincts and public buildings throughout the national territory.

The flags surrounding the fountain located just in front of the National Congress, where the president and members of Congress paid their respects to former Senator Sánchez Baret, were raised to their full height.

This violates the Executive Branch decree.

As the coffin left the National Congress, the flags on the former fountain of the “Fair of Peace and Brotherhood of the Free World” were not flying at half-mast.

Vicente Sánchez Baret, where he served as senator for the Sánchez Ramírez province in the periods 1986-1990, 1994-1998, and 1998-2002.

His political and public service record is considered impeccable, leaving a legacy of honesty, transparency, democracy, and social justice for national development, but especially for his province, Sánchez Ramírez.

Vicente Sánchez Baret was married to Yadira Henríquez, former director of the Presidency’s Social Plan, with whom he had three children: Flory, Yessika, and the current representative for District 1 of the National District, Vicente Sánchez Henríquez.