The lions to be evaluated by the sharks.
Great!

The blind leading the blind.

Actually this idea has great potential. After the Senators finish evaluating the judges, then the judges can evaluate the Senators. This has great TV game show potential.

Well the fox is appointed to watch the hen house.
Way to go Leonel we all new that the pathologically corrupt society of which you are the head member will continue to lead the way.

This is standard practice in all parliaments for various committees to be examined and is the appropriate and normal way to do it ..if anyone can suggest a better way , it would be welcomed

Ric (PLD spokesperson):

In these other parliaments that you speak of the criminality is normally limited to a few of the members, and when they are caught they are punished. Here, dishonesty is the norm. This is not those other places. Here, anyone other than a paid government apologist like yourself, would have a hard time finding an honest legislator so the idea of allowing crooks to judge judges, or anyone or anything for that matter is ridiculous.

Might as well let you do it. Crooks never find any fault in a fellow crook.

Does this committee have representatives from both the PLD and PRD?

The PRD did not win a seat in the last election

How can it?

There are no PRD senators.

I take it from the message from juanb that no one in fact can suggest a better idea of checks and balances ..so it is either this way , which is normal or no way ..You always can see that the posting is the nonsense when the writing is abusive

Rico

I'd hire Price Waterhouse or Ernst and Whinney.

If there are no PRD representatives then this Committee is just a Rubber stamp for the PLD, and is just a proceedural show to illustrate Domincian Democracy in action. This was a method used many times in the past to make sure that democratic procedures were followed for appearences sake.

Sometimes I promise myself that I will not write abusively.

And then I read the BS that you write. You never take a realistic fact based approach. It is just as Josean used to say, you are a pollyanna who never sees the real life and likes to purport that everything is just "peachy". Well look around at how most of the people are living. Look around at the criminality that is becoming more and more rampant. Look around at something other than the ivory tower in which you live and then you will know how difficult it is for me to be civil when someone is denying reality.

They should evaluate all of the judges in the country, new and old.

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Ricardolito is a paid PLD stooge and is on their payroll.
He naturally will tell you this is normal. He is paid to lie.
In all coutries in the civilized world criminals go to jail in the DR you get a medal and full retirement.
But then agian you get what you voted for.

Jim H:

+1

Ric:

Want to explain how these new taxes aren't taxes? From today's DR1:

New taxes on drinks and matches

The government has issued Decree 414-10 authorizing four million RD$0.125 stamps for taxing alcoholic beverages. The stamp is aimed at collecting RD$500,000, as published in Diario Libre. The decree issued on 12 August also authorizes 400 million stamps for RD$0.04 on matches. This is aimed at collecting RD$1.6 million, for a total of RD$2.1 million.

Or this one:

IMF ordered tax

Several economists are warning that the decision to maintain the application of ITBIS tax on raw materials in Customs is "wrong." The government chose this course to meet demands imposed by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF team was in Santo Domingo this month for the second and third review of the Stand-by Arrangement in effect since November 2009. As reported in El Dia, the economists said the decision would affect local business competitiveness, leading to price increases and job losses.

The Fernandez government has continued to add to what is deemed as wasteful spending and continuing appointment of not needed government employees.

Are they talking about your salary?

Rich man justice at work:

Herald Estevez Pena, Miguel Angel Lazala and Adalberto Rosa, employees of the Department of Customs in Santiago, have been released on RD$2 million bail each after a month in jail. The Customs Department had accused them of fraud worth more than RD$100 million at the Cibao regional customs offices. The Penal Chamber of Appeals in Santiago authorized their release on bail. Earlier they had been ordered to jail for eight months while their case was heard. The accused now need to report to the authorities on the 30th of each month and cannot leave the country.

On 27 July the Department of Customs (DGA) sent the three men to justice accused of dispatching containers filled with items that had not been verified nor subject to customs controls.

Santiago prosecutor Yenny Berenice Reynoso said that tax evasion was estimated at RD$100 million. She said the group supposedly received an estimated RD$800,000-RD$900,000 a week.

No wonder they had the bail.

The simple fact is that parliamentary committees give reports and their work is monitored by their peers ,,I can only repeat that if you can inform us here of a better way then tell us .Now if there is not a PRD representative, do you want the senate to stop overseeing the committees .Again, the simple fact is that the Senate is following normal procedure and all juanb and JimH can do is attack the writer ..the fact is that you are both look for the bad in everything , whilst others who want to get on with life look at positive things to do and write .
in regard to taxes on beer and matches ,I know nothing about this and the tax collection of imported materials is a timing issue .
I suggest to juanb that he looks at my postings about tax increases and my strong views that it is far better to cut government expenses ,,I have not changed my view on that .
in relation to the criminals in the Customs office in Santiago , I think everyone knows how corrupt many things are in that city.

juanb seeing that you take for granted everything in DR1, maybe you should also mention all the other horrible stories about your city of Santiago that are printed there,,it is easy to see why you have such a jaundiced view of life ..just living there with all the criminals and bad administration would send anyone around the bend .

JH aka Joseann la llorona.

You have been outed.

With regard to living in Santiago I must tell you that it is certainly the safest city to live in. The fact that the city government was run by someone of questionable ethics makes it no different than any other location in the country. I would never live in the capital. It has always reminded me of Brooklyn.

As for your strong views as to cutting taxes you are correct. The only way to cut them is to cut the ridiculous waste and out of control expenses. But that is no never going to happen. The governing elite will never give up the right to pillage and plunder when and how they choose. As long as those few people like yourself, people who are so full of flattery for the 1 good thing out of 100 that the goverment may choose to do, continue to kiss their butts, nothing will ever change.

Why I love the DR:

The left hand:

SANTO DOMINGO (R. Dominicana).- El ministro de Interior y Policía llamó hoy al encargado de Negocios de la embajada de Estados Unidos, Christopher Lambert, a inmiscuirse en los asuntos de su país, que sí tiene serios problemas en materia de tráfico y consumo de drogas.
Franklin Ameyda Rancier reaccionó ante declaraciones de Lambert en el sentido de que la economía local está influenciada por el dinero proveniente del narcotráfico.
Para el ministro el diplomático estadounidense debe ver primero “cómo está su propia casa”, refiriéndose a EEUU, nación que según dijo sí está ante un problema serio en materia de narcotráfico.

Has no idea what the right hand is doing:

SANTO DOMINGO (R. Dominicana).- Temístocles Montás, ministro de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo, reconoció este jueves que hay dinero del narcotráfico en la economía, aunque precisó que se trata de un problema que va más allá de la República Dominicana.
“No solo se trata de dinero del narcotráfico sino también del lavado proveniente de otras actividades ilícitas”, dijo Montás al explicar que lo mismo pasa en las economías de otros países como Estados Unidos y México.
Para el también integrante del Comité Político del Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) es importante “tener cuidado” a la hora de hablar del tema porque si bien es innegable que la actividad ilícita “incide” en la economía no puede afirmarse que sea ésta determinante en el crecimiento económico.