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04-18-2008, 03:50 PM
Hoy reports that the indiscriminate promotion of Dominican generals has caused instability in the army as well as creating a model of inefficiency and unconstitutionality. Random promotion of military personnel in the DR has become common, with a low- ranking officer on the career track for general in no more than a few years. According to Hoy, there are 200 more generals in the Armed Forces today than there were in 1966, when there were just seven. By the end of Hipolito Mejia's administration there were 150 generals, which has continued to increase, including 26 promotions last August.
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