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10-08-2008, 03:00 PM
Yesterday the Senate selected nine judges for the Chamber of Accounts, the body entrusted with auditing government spending. Most of the new appointees are well known for their political activism, as well as for their support for President Leonel Fernandez's reelection aspirations. The new members, chosen from a selection of candidates proposed by President Fernandez himself, are Licelotte Marte, Pablo del Rosario, Ivan Rondon, Jose Heredia, Nicolas Almanzar, Jorge Suncar Morales, Pedro Antonio Ortiz Hernandez, Jose Attias Juan and Juan Luis Seliman. The posts come with some of the highest wages in government and numerous perks.
Commenting on the selection, journalist Huchi Lora questioned their future efficiency at checking corruption and excessive government spending. He observed that politicians are experts at negotiating. The previous board of nine judges was removed from their posts on 4 July 2008, almost three years prior to completing their term, for mismanagement and superfluous spending in office, together with low productivity. The president of the Senate Reynaldo Pared Perez said the group would be sworn in on Thursday, 9 October.
The new president of the Chamber of Accounts, lawyer Licelotte Marte de Barrios is a former Minister of Foreign Relations, Congressional deputy and member of the PRSC political commission.
The newly appointed judges will complete the previous board's remaining two years and eight-month term.
El Caribe reports that Pablo del Rosario is a Central Bank employee, Ivan Rondon Sanchez, an accountant by training, is a former PRD Senator for Hato Mayor, and was president of the National District Central Electoral Board. Jorge Suncar is a lawyer and journalist, Almanzar, is the rector of the Universidad de la Tercera Edad, Heredia is an accountant, and Seliman has worked in management and finance.
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Commenting on the selection, journalist Huchi Lora questioned their future efficiency at checking corruption and excessive government spending. He observed that politicians are experts at negotiating. The previous board of nine judges was removed from their posts on 4 July 2008, almost three years prior to completing their term, for mismanagement and superfluous spending in office, together with low productivity. The president of the Senate Reynaldo Pared Perez said the group would be sworn in on Thursday, 9 October.
The new president of the Chamber of Accounts, lawyer Licelotte Marte de Barrios is a former Minister of Foreign Relations, Congressional deputy and member of the PRSC political commission.
The newly appointed judges will complete the previous board's remaining two years and eight-month term.
El Caribe reports that Pablo del Rosario is a Central Bank employee, Ivan Rondon Sanchez, an accountant by training, is a former PRD Senator for Hato Mayor, and was president of the National District Central Electoral Board. Jorge Suncar is a lawyer and journalist, Almanzar, is the rector of the Universidad de la Tercera Edad, Heredia is an accountant, and Seliman has worked in management and finance.
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