NewsWhore
03-11-2008, 03:10 PM
Writing in today's Diario Libre, Ines Aizpun complains that there seems to be no institutional control over corruption in the DR. She comments that the Nuria Piera TV report shows that there is "systemic corruption, that is part of institutions and perfectly organized and difficult to check." She says that while the money that is spent is a problem, what is a greater problem is that there are no institutions that can control this. She comments on the government institutions that should carry out these controls and that have not done so in the past - the Central Electoral Board, the Department for Prevention of Corruption, the Chamber of Accounts, or the State Prosecutors Office. She writes that it is amazing to witness the official cynicism about corruption scandals and the arbitrary management of state funds. "Isn't there anyone left around the President who is not part of his cohort of flatterers and who has a modicum of integrity who can explain what can and cannot be done? She asks whether these are the people who are going to reform the Constitution?
Another editorial comment by Homero Figueroa of the Diario Libre staff points out that the name of the game in politics is not to convince voters, but simply to buy their vote. A third editorial on the topic speaks of the present nightmare where we live in a new country where impunity reigns among our politicians, who can redistribute the nation's wealth at their whim. "The rest of Dominicans, regardless of their merits, virtues or social or economic status, will only be useful to keep the political patronage machinery greased. There will be no need for the judicial branch because the politicians will fit everything to their convenience and will take control of all productive activity. Politicians and taxpayers will live in the new nation," the editorialist describes.
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Another editorial comment by Homero Figueroa of the Diario Libre staff points out that the name of the game in politics is not to convince voters, but simply to buy their vote. A third editorial on the topic speaks of the present nightmare where we live in a new country where impunity reigns among our politicians, who can redistribute the nation's wealth at their whim. "The rest of Dominicans, regardless of their merits, virtues or social or economic status, will only be useful to keep the political patronage machinery greased. There will be no need for the judicial branch because the politicians will fit everything to their convenience and will take control of all productive activity. Politicians and taxpayers will live in the new nation," the editorialist describes.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)