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03-24-2008, 07:50 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that it will look into the case of the payrolls created to help unemployed PLD party members. The so-called "Comite de Base" payroll scandal (CB) revealed by investigative journalist Nuria Piera has given the government a major headache over these last two weeks. Although the full board will look at the case next Friday, it was reported that the JCE Administrative Chamber would have its recommendations ready by Thursday, and that these will include the seizure of the payrolls attributed to several government dependencies for monthly payments of RD$3,000 or RD$4,000 checks to the party faithful. The JCE also faces the challenge of going through the 3,000 pages of "proof" submitted by the PRD party to back up its claim that the government is using vast amounts of public funds to finance Leonel Fernandez's re-election campaign.
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