NewsWhore
05-16-2012, 04:30 PM
According to a study by the Foundation for Justice and Transparency (FJT), the political parties incurred costs of around RD$4.5 billion during the last four months.
FJT president Trajano Vidal Potentini said that 74.7% of this sum had been spent by the ruling PLD and allies, 25% by the PRD and its allies and the rest by the independent candidates.
He added that on election day itself, the PRSC would have RD$140 million of almost RD$400 million that was given to them by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to finance the party. The PLD, according to the analysis, would have more than RD$700 million at its disposal and the PRD would have RD$400 million. The minority parties would have between RD$100 million and RD$200 million apiece to spend on election day, Sunday 20 May.
As reported in El Dia, the FJT said that the unprecedented level of spending on the electoral process had paralyzed the economy and was one of the biggest setbacks to democracy, encouraging a variety of forms of patronage like food handouts and the odious practice of buying national identity cards (cedulas) of known supporters of opponents to prevent them from voting, or for fraudulent use by other people.
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FJT president Trajano Vidal Potentini said that 74.7% of this sum had been spent by the ruling PLD and allies, 25% by the PRD and its allies and the rest by the independent candidates.
He added that on election day itself, the PRSC would have RD$140 million of almost RD$400 million that was given to them by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to finance the party. The PLD, according to the analysis, would have more than RD$700 million at its disposal and the PRD would have RD$400 million. The minority parties would have between RD$100 million and RD$200 million apiece to spend on election day, Sunday 20 May.
As reported in El Dia, the FJT said that the unprecedented level of spending on the electoral process had paralyzed the economy and was one of the biggest setbacks to democracy, encouraging a variety of forms of patronage like food handouts and the odious practice of buying national identity cards (cedulas) of known supporters of opponents to prevent them from voting, or for fraudulent use by other people.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)