NewsWhore
07-20-2007, 07:00 PM
Today's issue of Hoy newspaper focuses on the Social Assistance Fund that grants RD$400,000 - RD$900,000 a month in funds for senators to use at their discretion. The Fund replaced the numerous non-governmental organizations that senators and deputies traditionally managed without accountability. The funds are earmarked for health, education and social welfare projects, but senators have never been accountable to taxpayers for the use of the money. Now, Francisco Cruz Pascual, administrative secretary of the Senate, says that efforts are under way to make the use of the funds transparent. Information on the handling of the funds will be available online to the general public as of this August.
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