Talk about nepotism!

[NewsWhore]

Most observers knew that Aura Celeste Fernandez's appointment to the Central Electoral Board (JCE) would provide a breath of fresh air to the oft-cited depository of political patronage. In yesterday's Hoy newspaper, the eminent jurist revealed that some departments at the JCE are composed of entire families. She called these situations "distortions" in the JCE payrolls. Fernandez told reporters that it was "inconceivable that in one department the father, mother, brother, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law are on the payroll." She also questioned the size of salaries paid to these people. According to magistrate Fernandez, these people were "employed based on their relationship with 'certain magistrates of the former JCE, or on friendships or ties to political parties.'" The judge blamed the hirings on a "senseless festival of jobs" during the JCE's recent past. After last Thursday's marathon session of the entire JCE, the electoral board announced more than 400 firings and a restructuring of the costs of new identification and voter registration cards ("Cedulas"). Magistrate Fernandez, commenting on the salaries paid to the personnel in question, said that salaries were not established on the basis of responsibilities, but rather "they were fixed, in most cases, based on family relationships with certain magistrates of the former board, the buddy system, or political affiliation. These distortions must be corrected." Fernandez was clear in saying that this was not a "witch-hunt" but the elimination of distortions and privileges.

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