NewsWhore
02-22-2008, 04:50 PM
The central government has promised to give the Central Electoral Board (JCE) an additional RD$461 million for use in staging the 2008 presidential elections. The additional funds bring the JCE's total electoral budget to RD$1.5 billion for 2008. JCE president Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman explained that the JCE was also given a one-year extension to pay back an RD$386 million loan to the Banco de Reservas. Castanos, quoted in Hoy, stated that the JCE's money problems have disappeared thanks to these new funds and the loan payment extensions. The JCE president said that of the RD$461 million in funds, RD$230 million will be used to implement a results transmission program, RD$87 million will be designated to voting systems abroad, RD$92 million in per diems for military personnel who will work during the elections and RD$52 million for the people who will staff the voting stations. Late last year, during budget allocation time, the JCE had asked for a budget of RD$7.8 billion, but were only given a budget of RD$3.5 billion, including the RD$1.06 billion that is allocated to the political parties.
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