SANTO DOMINGO.- The Catholic church affirms that bureaucracy and inertia reign in many Government agencies, that their chiefs sidestep planning and are “striking out blindly” without information, where there’s a lack of creativity, dynamism and a vision on the country that we wish to build.
The scolding is the latest blast against the government, after business associations, popular groups and of civil society have blasted its lack of effective plans to confront the lingering problems, in addition to those expected to soon reach the country from the global financial crisis.
The Catholic Church, in the Editorial in its weekly publication Camino, says the routine and even parasitism lurk around the many offices, where their employees are being dragged like a leaf floating down a river. “The case is so serious that we’ve seen through history ministries giving money back to the National Treasury at the end of the year, because they didn’t find what to use it in.”
It said the most convincing proof of ineptitude and lack of management in the ministries is that while our communities are full of needs, basic services are lacking and drag deficiencies that continue from one decade to another without being solved.
Camino adds that this situation brings about irritation among the inhabitants in many towns, who live suspended amid a progress that makes its presence in other zones of the country, sparking popular protests that spill innocent blood. “How many mothers will cry forever the loss of a son who left inopportunely as a result of a bullet lodged in youthful years and those responsible get wrapped within the penumbra of time and forgetfulness.”
“How much tension and violence we would spare the nation if we were to have Cabinet Ministries whose members were capable people, with a vocation of service and with a work attitude that surmounts all the obstacles they find,” the weekly said, adding that “It’s enough already that even to change a lamp in a park the approval and the permit from the President must be sought. Let us open the door of progress and institutionalism assuming each one the role society has assigned them.”
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
two Big Macks to go
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
yes thank you ,and a Happy Meal for josean........because he is not happy until you are not happy
Written by: juanb, 21 Nov 2008 7:59 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Just another day in paradise.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
every one is down on this administration even the guys in the funny hats
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
A lot of folks dont like the church getting involved or speaking out, but at least they are calling it like the see it which seems to be apparent to everyone but the government.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
as far as criticizing the government is concerned we are at the stage of machine gunning the lifeboats....Lionel better make a great speech and soon
From: United States
when he says "lack of planning", might the good prelate be alluding to the Metro?
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
Dread,
An understatement if there ever was one.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
tex dont drink the water
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 10:00 AM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
Leonel Fernandez you can't have your cake and eat it too. You will wake up May 17 Th, 2012 with
a tremendous headache reminiscent of Hipoloco Mejia's one in May 17 TH, 2004 when the people
will vote you out of office unless you start governing for the majority and not only for your own future
political aspirations or the privileged few around you.
Do the job that you were elected to and rule with the best interest of the country in every decision.
Stop the cavorting and trying to please everybody, times are hard now but "you ain't seen nothing yet "on what's to come in 2009.
You know best exactly what to do, so do it now! There is no tomorrow or second chances.
The presidential chair is not attached to your rear with crazy glue, others more or less qualified are awaiting and deserve their chance too. Learn by the lessons of the past and be a statesman
that history will celebrate and the next generations will remember you with affection and love.
Instead of grief and sorrow.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
genoroso I nominate you for Ambassador to Haiti in the next administration
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Who seconds the nomination ?
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 10:16 AM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
I already have a post as generalissimo but may be willing to consider Ambassador to Haiti if the price is right and the deal is sweet.
Written by: brootto, 21 Nov 2008 10:19 AM
From: United States, South West Florida
Generoso you should know better.
I have not seen an elected official in the dr who has don't his job in any administration maybe trujilo.
From: Dominican Republic
I think Lionel and his cocaine cowboy government see the writing on the wall and just don't care. The only thing they are thinking of is filling their pockets with as much cash as possible and surviving the next 4 years. That's why they will use any excuse or pretense to disarm the public, a kind of "head 'em off at the pass" tactic. There is no doubt Lionel is intelligent, he must now use that intelligence to fix this place up. He must have enough money for several lifetimes by now!!!! Most of the people who voted for him are now really pissed off. He needs to do something good, honest and beneficial for the people or he's going down the drain.............and the water is swirling as I speak!!
From: United States
Domericano, i expressed the same opinion before, but with a different take. to me , Leonel has ideas, but is lazy. i think he believed at the outset that he could make a difference. he was filled with vinegar at the beginning, then he realised that governance is hard work. so, he decided to just give up, and take the money and run.
From: Dominican Republic
Dread, it seems to me that he's using the government as his own personal all expenses paid travel agency. He might be on a 4 year vacation!! What the hell he makes more money when he's away from the DR. Even here he arrainges meetings at Casa de Campo, what drudgery, doesn't make you feel sorry for the poor guy having to endure an entire weekend at Casa de Campo to discuss what? the details for the next scam/scandal! I'd like to see something done for the actual prople that live here, not only for tourists. Highways, bridges and monuments don't mean anything if you can't afford a vehicle or the gasoline to use the roads and see the monuments! Don't get me wrong, we do need good roads and bridges but these should be in second place behind the education, health and welfare of the people. Electricity and clean water are included in the health and welfare. Okay, there are a couple of tough issues, so get tough, others are no brainers, put money where it's needed to get it done.
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 1:23 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
Fellows this is the way it works, I have been in both sides of the equation.
1.Nice, full of new and revolutionary ideas, professor intellectual type is elected.
2. Once in power finds out there are a lot of very powerful interests that he can not lock horns with,
some in his own political party and some that financed his way to the top.
3. He surrounds himself with "the honeys from power" and the corresponding sycophants that are constantly asking for favors, constantly brown nosing him and offering a distorted reality of what surrounds him.
4. His tight "inner circle" keeps him effectively sheltered from individuals that might offer to him a dose of reality and keep feeding him daily distractions and paint a rosy and most of the time unrealistic picture of the present and future.
5. The professor intellectual President goes into his internet and book worm cocoon and further hides from the unpleasant realities that he must face in a day to day basis.
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 1:27 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
6. Any chance he gets he "escapes" on a trip abroad to further distance himself from the nitty gritty and hard reality that he faces when he is in DR.
7. Time passes on and he keeps postponing unpleasant decisions hoping that things will resolve by themselves, and otherwise "killing time" still in denial.
8. One day he wakes up and he no longer is in power and the number one license plates have been
unpleasantly removed from his armored jipeta.
9. He goes back to reading, writing and giving lectures to his faithful students and followers, and he is really happy now because now he has no worries and his financial future is taking care of.
The End
Or is it just the beginning?
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
Generoso,
Very well put.
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 2:03 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
hey texas!
You survived the water boarding treatment! I told you that the secret is to.....take a real big breath,
and then you have to like a yoga master slow down your heart rate and oxygen consumption...... and then.....
tell them all that they want to hear! LOL.
BTW Thanks.
From: United States
generoso, that is one perfect chronology of activities!
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 2:12 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
dread:
coming from you professor I am honored that you liked it.
From: United States
as the dear departed Ronald Reagan used to say "there you go again". you better quit with the compliments, because i might just begin to believe them one day.
From: Dominican Republic
generoso, well put and sad but true!
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Quit massaging each others balls
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 2:35 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
GC:
you are a just a jealous old fart!
go back to selling aguacates and nisperos on 27 de Febrero.
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 2:36 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
domericano
Thanks, don't forget the art auction the 25 TH.
Written by: generoso, 21 Nov 2008 2:47 PM
From: United States, Santo Domingo
gaticapequena
is this old fart telling the truth?
you have ben unfaithful to me with his "wrinkled ancient pervert that smells like Vic vapor rub?
shame on you!
But on the other hand no one knows how the pussycat really looks in the real world.
You might be in for a "lady boy" as you experienced in Thailand.LOL.
From: United States
GC, do i take this latest announcement to indicate that you have relinquished your taste for frogs? or, are you merely working your way through the animal kingdom?
From: Dominican Republic
Generoso, I have not forgotten the art auction/sale and am looking forward to it. thanks again for the lead
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
Sorry to get back to the subject , but I think the editorial is correct especially the comments about the lack of basic services that simply never improve from year to year. AndI agree that the employees in the government offices are being dragged like a leaf down the river. The problem is that the spanish never had an administation service to equal the british and so there is no prior good example.
I suppose the best idea woulld be to call in a good administrion team from a country like Singapore or or Korea where there has been a conversion from poverty to wealth with first class government administration, I can not see any Dominican ever being able to change the administration system even if they may have had a few years in NY.. It really needs a new broom.
From: United States
Ricardolito, that will go down in the annals of the forum as one of the most insightful of all comments made here. as my old friend (come to think of it, all my friends are old) used to say "what a man does not know is older than he is". which means that you cannot be proficient at something you do not understand well. governance is not something which was a spanish strong suit, so there is no legacy of any information about that endeavour floating around in ex-spanish colonies. modalities of modern governance will have to be introduced from outside countries, preferably the ones you mentioned.
Written by: tejano, 22 Nov 2008 9:19 AM
From: United States
I think with the appointment of the few more sub-ministers they should be able to fix the problem!!
From: United States
touche, tejano. how about starting with another 10 for the Ministry of Sports?
From: United States, (on Sabbatical)
What gall to call the Government inept? Corrupt?
Who puts these regimes together and is behind the "egineered" economic global collapse?
The Vatican.
They're preparing at this moment to take control of the whole "Global" planet, and DR to boot.
If you don't know ask somebody that doesn't suck their thum or mind other people's business!
Wise up, Quisqueya. Get your head out of that hole, and see the red all over your shores. It's not the red tide....It's the Jesuits, the Dominicans, Opus Dei, etc. that are sucking you dry and flooding your land with drugs, dirty cash, prostitution, child molestations, corruption.
They are dressed to kill. With a dress and a dagger. Don't sleep on those pedophiles.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
arsenio the wacko is now blaming Opus Dei for financial crisis.....you and your cult have zero cont em zero credibility
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An understatement if there ever was one.
a tremendous headache reminiscent of Hipoloco Mejia's one in May 17 TH, 2004 when the people
will vote you out of office unless you start governing for the majority and not only for your own future
political aspirations or the privileged few around you.
Do the job that you were elected to and rule with the best interest of the country in every decision.
Stop the cavorting and trying to please everybody, times are hard now but "you ain't seen nothing yet "on what's to come in 2009.
You know best exactly what to do, so do it now! There is no tomorrow or second chances.
The presidential chair is not attached to your rear with crazy glue, others more or less qualified are awaiting and deserve their chance too. Learn by the lessons of the past and be a statesman
that history will celebrate and the next generations will remember you with affection and love.
Instead of grief and sorrow.
I have not seen an elected official in the dr who has don't his job in any administration maybe trujilo.
1.Nice, full of new and revolutionary ideas, professor intellectual type is elected.
2. Once in power finds out there are a lot of very powerful interests that he can not lock horns with,
some in his own political party and some that financed his way to the top.
3. He surrounds himself with "the honeys from power" and the corresponding sycophants that are constantly asking for favors, constantly brown nosing him and offering a distorted reality of what surrounds him.
4. His tight "inner circle" keeps him effectively sheltered from individuals that might offer to him a dose of reality and keep feeding him daily distractions and paint a rosy and most of the time unrealistic picture of the present and future.
5. The professor intellectual President goes into his internet and book worm cocoon and further hides from the unpleasant realities that he must face in a day to day basis.
7. Time passes on and he keeps postponing unpleasant decisions hoping that things will resolve by themselves, and otherwise "killing time" still in denial.
8. One day he wakes up and he no longer is in power and the number one license plates have been
unpleasantly removed from his armored jipeta.
9. He goes back to reading, writing and giving lectures to his faithful students and followers, and he is really happy now because now he has no worries and his financial future is taking care of.
The End
Or is it just the beginning?
Very well put.
You survived the water boarding treatment! I told you that the secret is to.....take a real big breath,
and then you have to like a yoga master slow down your heart rate and oxygen consumption...... and then.....
tell them all that they want to hear! LOL.
BTW Thanks.
coming from you professor I am honored that you liked it.
you are a just a jealous old fart!
go back to selling aguacates and nisperos on 27 de Febrero.
Thanks, don't forget the art auction the 25 TH.
is this old fart telling the truth?
you have ben unfaithful to me with his "wrinkled ancient pervert that smells like Vic vapor rub?
shame on you!
But on the other hand no one knows how the pussycat really looks in the real world.
You might be in for a "lady boy" as you experienced in Thailand.LOL.
I suppose the best idea woulld be to call in a good administrion team from a country like Singapore or or Korea where there has been a conversion from poverty to wealth with first class government administration, I can not see any Dominican ever being able to change the administration system even if they may have had a few years in NY.. It really needs a new broom.
Who puts these regimes together and is behind the "egineered" economic global collapse?
The Vatican.
They're preparing at this moment to take control of the whole "Global" planet, and DR to boot.
If you don't know ask somebody that doesn't suck their thum or mind other people's business!
Wise up, Quisqueya. Get your head out of that hole, and see the red all over your shores. It's not the red tide....It's the Jesuits, the Dominicans, Opus Dei, etc. that are sucking you dry and flooding your land with drugs, dirty cash, prostitution, child molestations, corruption.
They are dressed to kill. With a dress and a dagger. Don't sleep on those pedophiles.