NewsWhore
09-29-2008, 02:20 PM
Central Electoral Board (JCE) officials who travel abroad enjoy greater per-diem allowances and spending money than United Nations officials. As reported in Diario Libre, a JCE judge who travels to Puerto Rico, for instance, will receive US$750 -US$800 daily spending money, plus an allocation for "pocket" expenses. This is more than a UN official will get for visiting Dubai or London, trips for which they are assigned US$411 and US$417.
For travel to Washington, D.C. the JCE authorizes US$800, for travel to Boston, US$1,000, in addition to "pocket" money. The UN rates are US$321 and US$304 respectively.
JCE Judge Aura Celeste Fernandez recently requested that a permanent, transparent and fair policy needed to be set for board members' travel expenses. The proposal was submitted a year ago, but discarded, according to a report in Diario Libre.
Leading business organizations have been urging the government to cut its spending, but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears, apart from announcements of austerity measures that have rarely been implemented.
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For travel to Washington, D.C. the JCE authorizes US$800, for travel to Boston, US$1,000, in addition to "pocket" money. The UN rates are US$321 and US$304 respectively.
JCE Judge Aura Celeste Fernandez recently requested that a permanent, transparent and fair policy needed to be set for board members' travel expenses. The proposal was submitted a year ago, but discarded, according to a report in Diario Libre.
Leading business organizations have been urging the government to cut its spending, but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears, apart from announcements of austerity measures that have rarely been implemented.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)