NewsWhore
06-11-2008, 01:40 PM
News reports focus today on a survey that shows most government jobs are political appointees with little service to the nation, and on a renewed effort by the Alliance Against Corruption to get answers on suspected cases of corruption in government contracting.
A survey by the National Institute of Public Administration revealed that 69% of jobs on the public payroll are part of the patronage or clientilistic system in the Dominican Republic. The survey says that the jobs were obtained either through political recommendations or through connections within the government. The survey also reveals that just 16% get their jobs through an application process, 6% get them by open competition and just 4% are employed based on professional merit or grades. The study also shows that many of those interviewed understood that many people are employed without the academic qualifications needed for the post. The survey covered 600 employees in 36 government offices.
In today's Hoy newspaper, also on the issue of corruption in government, the Alliance against Corruption, a citizens' movement, asks for a probe into the automating of the state university UASD, the lease of the Montana Hotel in Jarabacoa to Pareatis, S.A. and into what it deems the "LPG" case. Alliance coordinator Julio Cesar de la Rosa estimates that corruption ate up RD$50 billion of taxpayer resources last year. He recalled that President Leonel Fernandez, as candidate for the presidency in 1996, had estimated corruption swallowed RD$35 billion.
He said that for the automating of the UASD, the country took on a US$14 million loan from a Taiwanese bank, and allocated the work without a tender, but the results do not match the investment. He said that the Alliance has requested explanations from Economy and Planning Minister Temistocles Montas, but has not received any reply.
The comments were made on the Uno + Uno TeleAntillas, Channel 2 talk show.
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A survey by the National Institute of Public Administration revealed that 69% of jobs on the public payroll are part of the patronage or clientilistic system in the Dominican Republic. The survey says that the jobs were obtained either through political recommendations or through connections within the government. The survey also reveals that just 16% get their jobs through an application process, 6% get them by open competition and just 4% are employed based on professional merit or grades. The study also shows that many of those interviewed understood that many people are employed without the academic qualifications needed for the post. The survey covered 600 employees in 36 government offices.
In today's Hoy newspaper, also on the issue of corruption in government, the Alliance against Corruption, a citizens' movement, asks for a probe into the automating of the state university UASD, the lease of the Montana Hotel in Jarabacoa to Pareatis, S.A. and into what it deems the "LPG" case. Alliance coordinator Julio Cesar de la Rosa estimates that corruption ate up RD$50 billion of taxpayer resources last year. He recalled that President Leonel Fernandez, as candidate for the presidency in 1996, had estimated corruption swallowed RD$35 billion.
He said that for the automating of the UASD, the country took on a US$14 million loan from a Taiwanese bank, and allocated the work without a tender, but the results do not match the investment. He said that the Alliance has requested explanations from Economy and Planning Minister Temistocles Montas, but has not received any reply.
The comments were made on the Uno + Uno TeleAntillas, Channel 2 talk show.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)