Parties keep spending

[NewsWhore]

Listin Diario is reporting that political campaigning during 2007 has surpassed RD$100 million for each of the three main political parties. Listin writes that a television spot lasting one minute can cost RD$700,000, although many TV ads are aired as favors for friends. PRSC communications director Carlos Gabriel Garcia says that the TV spots are part of packages and agreements with the TV and radio stations.

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