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10-24-2008, 04:50 PM
The Treasury says it will retain the salaries of employees who have yet to submit an asset declaration. Treasury director Guaroa Guzman says he will follow Law 82-79 and with the help of National Department for the Persecution of Corruption determine which employees have yet to file. Guzman said the only problem is that specific checks cannot be withheld because the payments are electronic and automated, but they are studying ways to get around this. To date 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 Public Works 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.
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