NewsWhore
02-11-2008, 06:30 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is looking for a way out of the mess that started in Punta Cana where "marriages" were celebrated by unscrupulous JCE employees who are not legally authorized to perform such ceremonies. The JCE is looking for a way to legalize these marriages, despite the irregularity, so as not to affect the tourists.
According to Diario Libre, the "mafia" that organized the marriage ceremonies for tourists celebrated as many as 200 "weddings" in just one day, earning profits worth over RD$1.0 million in under 24 hours. Preliminary investigations by the JCE's Department of Inspection and Security together with the National Investigation Division (DNI) reveals that JCE employees in Higuey passed themselves off as Civil Registrars for years, tricking thousands of tourists with illegal marriages that are not on the JCE books. Late last week, the chief magistrate of the JCE Administrative Chamber, Roberto Rosario, told reporters that the board would find a "solution" to the issue of these tourists who were misled into believing that they had been married by civil registrars.
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According to Diario Libre, the "mafia" that organized the marriage ceremonies for tourists celebrated as many as 200 "weddings" in just one day, earning profits worth over RD$1.0 million in under 24 hours. Preliminary investigations by the JCE's Department of Inspection and Security together with the National Investigation Division (DNI) reveals that JCE employees in Higuey passed themselves off as Civil Registrars for years, tricking thousands of tourists with illegal marriages that are not on the JCE books. Late last week, the chief magistrate of the JCE Administrative Chamber, Roberto Rosario, told reporters that the board would find a "solution" to the issue of these tourists who were misled into believing that they had been married by civil registrars.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)