NewsWhore
08-30-2007, 06:00 PM
Clave newspaper reports on hefty increases in government propaganda during the Fernandez administration's first three years. The newspaper points out that despite the 2007 Austerity Law that requires the government to reduce advertising spending by 25% of the 2005 level of advertising, the opposite has been the case. For the first half of 2007, government self-promotion was up 71%, to RD$1.09 billion, up from RD$1.05 billion in 2006. This increase in spending coincided with campaigning to promote President Fernandez's candidacy for the PLD presidential nomination.
The newspaper indicates that government propaganda spending had already almost doubled the previous year's same semester, rising from RD$641.6 million to RD$1.05, coinciding with the Congressional and Municipal elections. During the last semester of government (Jan-June 2004), Fernandez's predecessor President Hipolito Mejia's government had spent what was then a record RD$475 million on government advertising.
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The newspaper indicates that government propaganda spending had already almost doubled the previous year's same semester, rising from RD$641.6 million to RD$1.05, coinciding with the Congressional and Municipal elections. During the last semester of government (Jan-June 2004), Fernandez's predecessor President Hipolito Mejia's government had spent what was then a record RD$475 million on government advertising.
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