NewsWhore
01-15-2008, 12:20 PM
The vice president of the Chamber of Deputies, Lucia Medina, sister of PLD dissident Danilo Medina, defended the inclusion of NGOs in the 2008 budget and admitted that she runs one and receives public funds for one. Medina, who represents the province of San Juan, says that NGOs do a lot of positive work. She explained that she runs an NGO called Desarollo San Juan and asked the government for RD$7 million for her organization, although she only received RD$600,000. She said that since 2002 her organization has fulfilled all the legal requirements and has been transparent in its dealings. She said that the biggest mistake is to tar every NGO with the same brush because many of them do honorable work. She said that her NGO provides health services in San Juan and that 500 people receive medical treatment each month.
Opponents of the NGOs say that the work that their patrons claim that they do (such as in health, sports, education) is not the responsibility of a legislator.
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Opponents of the NGOs say that the work that their patrons claim that they do (such as in health, sports, education) is not the responsibility of a legislator.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)