Will Pared Perez quit?

[NewsWhore]

Listin Diario is reporting that 408 different NGOs were included in the 2008 budget for which RD$294 million were allocated. This contradicts Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez's assertion that such NGOs didn't exist. Last Friday Pared went as far as saying that he'd be willing to leave the Senate if the Chamber proved there had been impropriety in the handling of NGOs. In response to the controversy over the NGOs, a special bill is on the table that seeks to transfer the funds from those NGOs to a special fund for the legal authorities, the UASD University, Corazones Unidos, the Dominican Rehabilitation Society, the Dominican Cardiology Institute, the Doctor Heriberto Pieter Oncolology Institute and the Diabetes Board. Deputy Radhames Castro, who has spearheaded the conversation over phantom NGOs, said the confrontation with Senate president Pared Perez is over since he doesn't want to polarize the Santo Domingo province over the issue. Listin breaks down the NGOs in the budget: 148 NGOs belong to the Presidency, 40 to the Education Ministry, 101 to the Public Health Ministry, 32 to the Ministry of Women, 21 to the Environmental Ministry, 13 to the Youth Ministry, 9 to the Sports Ministry, 8 to the Agricultural Ministry, 6 to the Cultural Ministry, 5 to the Industry and Commerce Ministry, 4 to Higher Education and one to Public Works and the Labor Ministry. The bill to transfer the funds will be read on 27 February unless President Leonel Fernandez calls for an extraordinary session of the legislature.

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