JCE to fire 1,000

[NewsWhore]

As part of the Presidential plan to reduce public spending, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) will eliminate 1,000 jobs, equivalent to a RD$12 million reduction in its monthly payroll. The announcement was made yesterday by the chief magistrate of the JCE's Administrative Chamber, Roberto Rosario. Rosario also revealed that the JCE was running on a RD$22 million deficit. According to the magistrate, the JCE had budgeted RD$76 million in income from June to the present, but expenditure has totaled RD$98.74 million. The decision comes on the heels of the approval of hundreds of thousands of pesos in monthly pensions for the eight outgoing judges.

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