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10-02-2006, 05:30 PM
According to the director of the National Planning Office (ONAPLAN), the government will not approve funds in the 2007 budget for any of the NGOs sponsored by current or former legislators. Guarocuya Felix told reporters from Hoy that President Fernandez had so ordered his office as it prepares the 2007 budget and sent his recommendations to the presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, both of the ruling party. The measure would save RD$300 million. Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez favored the elimination of the congressional NGOs.
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