NewsWhore
09-28-2006, 03:17 PM
In spite of the austerity policies continuously being announced by the authorities, over 30,000 public jobs were created between January and May this year and the state lacks a rational spending plan, according to the National Business Council (CONEP). CONEP president Elena Viyella de Paliza made the comments during the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) monthly luncheon, and went on to ask the authorities to reduce "supernumerary" payrolls and instead implement an austere and rational spending plan. El Caribe reports that Viyella is asking to professionalize and strengthen the application of the Law of Civil Service and Administrative Career.
During her talk, Viyella voiced the concerns of many regarding the government's lenience with those who constantly violate the law. During her speech, "How to make the difference," Viyella called for a dictatorship of the law. She said that citizens and criminals need to again perceive that there will be penalties for violations. She said that this will only be possible if the government applies the laws and makes penalties more severe.
A power sector business entrepreneur herself, she complained that to this day 50% of energy users don't pay for the service, and that the government is subsidizing this type of delinquent behavior. She urged for a reform that would strengthen government regulation of the sector and at the same time lower the price of electricity.
She called for the government to fulfill its commitments with the International Monetary Fund and the DR-CAFTA agreement.
In her opinion, the most pressing challenge Dominican society has is to recover, as soon as possible, respect for authority and the law.
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During her talk, Viyella voiced the concerns of many regarding the government's lenience with those who constantly violate the law. During her speech, "How to make the difference," Viyella called for a dictatorship of the law. She said that citizens and criminals need to again perceive that there will be penalties for violations. She said that this will only be possible if the government applies the laws and makes penalties more severe.
A power sector business entrepreneur herself, she complained that to this day 50% of energy users don't pay for the service, and that the government is subsidizing this type of delinquent behavior. She urged for a reform that would strengthen government regulation of the sector and at the same time lower the price of electricity.
She called for the government to fulfill its commitments with the International Monetary Fund and the DR-CAFTA agreement.
In her opinion, the most pressing challenge Dominican society has is to recover, as soon as possible, respect for authority and the law.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)