Deputies defend themselves

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Dominican deputies are defending their recent pay raise, which totals RD$58,000, in a year where business sectors have called for government to cut spending. National District Deputy Julio Horton said that money for the raises came from savings from the Congressional budget . Diario Libre writes that the increase was voted on in December and according to Chamber president Julio Cesar Valentin, it came into effect in March. Deputy Ramon Rogelio Genao says that the increase is nothing out of the ordinary, but that the accusations of corruption at the Chamber of Accounts has attracted increased public scrutiny to Congress as well.

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