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06-01-2007, 04:00 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has ordered 157 civil registry officials and their substitutes to suspend their duties and says that the civil officials will be working in a provisional capacity until December. The move, according to the JCE, will be used as a way to "clean out" the civil registries that issue birth certificates and other civil documents. The hope is that there will be a reduction in the number of investigations and corruption claims about the validity of those documents. The civil registries will however, keep functioning normally as the JCE has created a system for appointing new civil officials.
In related news, the JCE has also announced that due to the budget crisis, all programs aimed at increasing the transparency and credibility of the 2008 elections have been suspended because there is no money, according to JCE administrative chamber head Roberto Rosario. Rosario also said that the SOMO civil registration automation project is almost completely paralyzed because of this lack of funds.
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In related news, the JCE has also announced that due to the budget crisis, all programs aimed at increasing the transparency and credibility of the 2008 elections have been suspended because there is no money, according to JCE administrative chamber head Roberto Rosario. Rosario also said that the SOMO civil registration automation project is almost completely paralyzed because of this lack of funds.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)