NewsWhore
09-10-2009, 01:40 PM
Puerto Plata Deputy Alfonso Crisostomo is standing by what he insists is his right to hire whoever he pleases at the taxpayers expense. "So that everyone knows: My father is on the payroll and no one is taking that old man off it. Not Valentin [the president of the Chamber of Deputis], not anyone," he is quoted as saying, in response to the nepotism scandal aired by TV journalist Alicia Ortega of "El Informe" on Channel 7, which exposed the large number of legislators' close relatives on their supplementary payrolls ("barrilito").
The deputy, known as "The Loved One," expressed no sympathy, regret or acknowledgment of wrongdoing when making his statement. Crisostomo admitted to having a brother on the payroll in addition to his father.
He added that next week he would submit a bill to limit the amount of information available to the public under the Public Information Freedom of Access Law, because he believes that the media is sensationalizing this information. The act obliges government offices to release internal documentation to any citizen.
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The deputy, known as "The Loved One," expressed no sympathy, regret or acknowledgment of wrongdoing when making his statement. Crisostomo admitted to having a brother on the payroll in addition to his father.
He added that next week he would submit a bill to limit the amount of information available to the public under the Public Information Freedom of Access Law, because he believes that the media is sensationalizing this information. The act obliges government offices to release internal documentation to any citizen.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)