NewsWhore
01-10-2008, 01:20 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that due to budget constraints numerous projects have been either canceled or postponed, including registering 600,000 undocumented Dominicans and issuing them with cedulas. The JCE announced that it would suspend several projects when the government cut its requested budget in half. Roberto Rosario, head of the Administrative Chamber at the JCE, said that this particular project has a cost of RD$400 million. Also suspended is the creation of a specialized electoral monitoring group, made up of 1,200 people. Rosario also said 700 people were being dismissed from the JCE and another 400 could lose their jobs. Rosario also clarified that the JCE's budget is of RD$2.5 billion, and that the board's operating budget is actually RD$1.5 billion.
Continuing to plead his case that the JCE didn't receive the budget it needed, Rosario said that the JCE manages 164 electoral boards (111 of which are in rented premises), 89 cedula centers and 162 civil registries (75 of which are rented in low quality premises). There are also 19 additional offices outside the DR serving 128,000 registered voters.
According to Rosario, budget costs for publicity alone totaled RD$100 million and that this figure would be higher in 2008.
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Continuing to plead his case that the JCE didn't receive the budget it needed, Rosario said that the JCE manages 164 electoral boards (111 of which are in rented premises), 89 cedula centers and 162 civil registries (75 of which are rented in low quality premises). There are also 19 additional offices outside the DR serving 128,000 registered voters.
According to Rosario, budget costs for publicity alone totaled RD$100 million and that this figure would be higher in 2008.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)