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10-21-2008, 04:00 PM
Chamber of Deputies president Julio Cesar Valentin says that effective immediately the Chamber will withhold payments to any Deputy who hasn't submitted an asset declaration, as required by Law 82-79. Valentin says that the names of those Deputies would be posted on the CD's website. Valentin says he was surprised at the fact that only 70 Deputies have filed their statements and only 227 politicians out of 2,500 government officials have filed statements. Some government officials have declared substantial assets, including Minister Victor Diaz Rua who has a fortune of RD$540 million and Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso who has a fortune of RD$60 million. Today, Diario Libre reports that former Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez has a fortune of RD$29 million, while former Santo Domingo District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero declared his fortune as RD$171 million. The former DA also has RD$4.7 million in investments and RD$16.5 million in real estate investments. Sports Minister Felix Jay Payano reported a mere RD$8 million, while Minister for Women Alejandrina German reported RD$6 million.
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