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02-13-2009, 04:10 PM
The president of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) Ricardo Bonetti is calling on the government to make its finances more transparent. Bonetti says that the government is behind in pushing the allocation of funds. He said that Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa has already commented that fiscal revenues for January fell below what had been budgeted. The government only collected RD$19.1 billion, and had budgeted RD$20.4 billion. Bonetti says that this means it is even more important to control government spending. As reported in Hoy, he highlighted the importance of accountability by the authorities when it comes to expenditure, and the implementation of austerity measures to cut unnecessary spending, especially at a time when the population and the business sectors are making great efforts to survive the financial crunch. Bonetti urges the Ministry of Hacienda to publish the government's income and expenditure statements. ANJE has been monitoring government spending for years now.
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