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NewsWhore
05-20-2011, 05:40 PM
Politics has cost Dominican taxpayers RD$6 billion in the past 12 years and many are wondering what has been gained. Listin Diario reports today that the Dominican government has disbursed RD$6 billion to the country's political parties since the passage of Electoral Law 275-97 that allocates funds from the National Budget to the political parties. Previously, the political parties benefited from tax exemptions in order to fund their activities. As reported in the newspaper, of the total RD$4.8 billion have been assigned to the PLD, the PRD and the PRSC.

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