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04-21-2008, 01:40 PM
The indiscriminate promotion of military to the rank of generals has brought instability to the organization and lead to a model of inefficiency and unconstitutionality. Random ascension of military personnel in the DR has become common that a low ranking officer can be on the career track to general in just a few years. According to Hoy, in the Armed Forces there are 200 more generals today than there were in 1966, when there were only 7. At the end of the Hipolito Mejia administration in August 2004 there were 150 generals. President Fernandez has promoted 26 more military to the rank in August 2007, and reinstated five other generals.
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