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04-23-2008, 02:50 PM
An obscure law establishes that people on government payrolls who do not actually work in a job in the department that pays them can be fined and sent to jail. El Nacional newspaper has dug up Law 2429 of 5 July 1950, dating back to the Trujillo regime. The law comes at a time when there is an increasing trend in the Fernandez administration to add people to the government payroll for reasons of party political affiliation.
The law establishes fines of RD$100 to RD$1,000, and prison terms of one month to a year. The law establishes that wages should only be paid for services provided, and that being appointed does not give a person the right to a wage.
Recently, TV journalist Nuria Piera exposed the burden taxpayers have to bear in order to pay for PLD appointees who are on the payroll but do not render services. On her program, "Nuria en el 9," she showed checks issued by the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI), the Santo Domingo Water Corporation (CAASD) and the Ministry of Public Works to PLD and PRSC activists who have joined the re-election campaign, costing taxpayers millions.
See: www.elnacional.com.do/article.aspx?id=44662 (http://www.elnacional.com.do/article.aspx?id=44662)
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The law establishes fines of RD$100 to RD$1,000, and prison terms of one month to a year. The law establishes that wages should only be paid for services provided, and that being appointed does not give a person the right to a wage.
Recently, TV journalist Nuria Piera exposed the burden taxpayers have to bear in order to pay for PLD appointees who are on the payroll but do not render services. On her program, "Nuria en el 9," she showed checks issued by the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI), the Santo Domingo Water Corporation (CAASD) and the Ministry of Public Works to PLD and PRSC activists who have joined the re-election campaign, costing taxpayers millions.
See: www.elnacional.com.do/article.aspx?id=44662 (http://www.elnacional.com.do/article.aspx?id=44662)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)