Santo Domingo.- The ruling PLD and the opposition PRD parties will get RD$420.8 million this year, or 80 percent of a total RD$526 million from the budget’s allotment to fund recognized political parties.
The remaining RD$105.2 million, or 20 percent, will be for the 22 parties that obtained less than 5 percent of the votes in the last presidential elections, among them the PRSC and those newly- recognized.
Electoral Law 275-97 states that in non-electoral years such as 2009, 4 percent will be allocated in the budget, to be distributed among the recognized political parties.
It adds that 80 percent of the total will be distributed “in equal parts” among the parties that they obtained more than 5 percent of the valid votes in the previous elections.
Of the remaining 20 percent, 12 percent will also be distributed in equal parts, among the political organizations which obtained less than 5 percent of the voting and those newly recognized, if any, whereas 8 percent must be distributed in proportion to the valid votes obtained by each of the parties that obtained less than 5 percent of the votes.
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
thats our electricity ....pay the bill
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
this is one of the roots of all this patronage corruption....a big one....do away with most of this soon
Written by: juanb, 2 Dec 2008 8:04 AM
From: Dominican Republic
What a shameful, abusive, and horrible waste of money.
From: United States
juanb, it is not unlike all the other wastes of money. it is pathetic, but what else is new?
Written by: yumnuk3, 2 Dec 2008 8:57 AM
From: United States, New York City
Just think of how many poor people we could have fed, or how many schools we could have built.
From: United States
yumnuk3; just think that the politicians do not give a rat's backside about building schools or feeding the poor!
Written by: yumnuk3, 2 Dec 2008 9:13 AM
From: United States, New York City
These politicians will never realize that Nation Building Starts within Our Schools
From: United States
correction, yumnuk. they know. they are not that clueless. they are just amoral, that is all. they do not care about nation building. they are about the business of Bank Account Building.
Written by: juanb, 2 Dec 2008 11:06 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Well, it looks like we will shortly be suffering through millions more wasted on "beauty contest" photos littering our streets and highways
Written by: brootto, 2 Dec 2008 12:28 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
I know a lot of you got hope that things will get better in dr. You would never see in you lifetime or any lifetime so it should never be a surprise anything those crooks do
so what is the argument today?
Written by: brootto, 2 Dec 2008 12:30 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
remember any advancement technological, industrial and educational is already 20 years behimd so is not a improvement or progress is just trying to catch up
From: United States
along comes brootto, with his usual dose of reality. in other words "do not hold your breath waiting for any of this to change"!
Written by: brootto, 2 Dec 2008 12:39 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
The funny thing about that, is that there is no shame in they game is on the paper so you know that they are going to steal and there is nothing you can do.
so suck it up and deal with it. remember poor folks do not feel no pain on inflation, depresion or recession and any economic downturn because all they life is all the above for them so any economic disaster is ok because we are use to it. and it is the reasons why they also do what they do best steal and corruption you name.
Written by: brootto, 2 Dec 2008 5:09 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
they do not care about burning in hell how about a real burning like a valcano somewhere in hawaii what a great vacation they would enjoy
Written by: brootto, 2 Dec 2008 5:37 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
now you wonder why everyone in dr i mean everyone in dr want to be a politician
Written by: Trujillo, 2 Dec 2008 5:55 PM
From: Dominican Republic
And people still believe in political parties...democracy does not need political parties. I would prefer a system where we just vote for the people we believe are best for the job, without parties. I think that's actually more democratic than the scam we have. Of course, there should be restrictions too, they shouldn't just allow anyone to run for president or crongress, they should be qualified. That's one of the flaws I see in our system, it allows anyone to run for president or congress. Even people without education, thieves, or without the resources. That's why many see politics as a business or an easy way out of poverty.
Written by: brootto, 2 Dec 2008 5:58 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
Trujillo is a trujillo that we need look at history best time for dr.
From: Dominican Republic
A number of things aggravate me, day in, day out.
But this? Makes me feel like I've witnessed rape or child molesting.
And in a sense, it is.
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so what is the argument today?
so suck it up and deal with it. remember poor folks do not feel no pain on inflation, depresion or recession and any economic downturn because all they life is all the above for them so any economic disaster is ok because we are use to it. and it is the reasons why they also do what they do best steal and corruption you name.
But this? Makes me feel like I've witnessed rape or child molesting.
And in a sense, it is.