Tourism Minister has unfair advantage?

[NewsWhore]

A resolution passed by the Tourism Ministry has led to some raised eyebrows because some feel that it gives Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez an unfair advantage. Resolution 154-05, passed 12 November 2005, modifies the amount of bedrooms that can be built in a particular area of Bavaro. Originally the resolution allowed between 25 and 40 bedrooms per hectare to be built in the area. The Ministry divided the area into five plots. One of the plots, plot "number four" where the project Stanza Mare is being constructed, has been allowed to construct 70 bedrooms per hectare. As reported in Diario Libre, the Stanza Mare project is partially owned by Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez and many are saying that the resolution gives him an unfair advantage. Diario Libre adds that in the Pueblo Bavaro real estate development project, where Jimenez is also a partner, contractors are being allowed to build 75 bedrooms per hectare. When questioned on the topic Jimenez said that he wouldn't respond to cheap rumors, claiming that he has always been forthright and honest about his investments.

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