NewsWhore
03-12-2008, 03:30 PM
The Chamber of Deputies has heard two proposals for resolutions seeking to bring in government officials for questioning about the recently exposed "CB scandal" and the still-pending Sun Land Case. The CB scandal deals with the payment of RD$3,000 and RD$4,000 monthly checks out of state funds to PLD ruling party members without authorization or transparency, and Sun Land involves the signing of 19 IOUs for a total of US$130 million designated for use in "priority construction projects" but carried out without Congressional approval. The legislative move comes from the opposition, the PRSC party and the "Cuarto Via" group. These legislators want to question Felix Bautista, the head of the government's State Public Works Supervising Engineers Office, for his role in the Sun Land case, and Luis Miguel Bonetti, essentially the President's Chief of Staff. National Treasurer Guaroa Guzman is also mentioned in the proposals. It remains to be seen whether or not the entire Chamber of Deputies, which is controlled by the ruling PLD party, will accept the proposals.
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