Legislators get to keep their cake

[NewsWhore]

Although government funding for the highly criticized non-governmental organizations (NGOs) run by legislators is being phased out, Diario Libre reports that it seems that for the moment legislators have found a way to continue receiving state funds to manage at their discretion. Senate leader Reinaldo Pared Perez has announced that each legislator will receive public funds in order to continue with social projects in their respective provinces and that those funds will be audited every three months. Pared Perez did comment however that this move was in no way substituting the NGOs and said that the amount of funds for a particular province will depend on the population of that province.

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