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Santo Domingo.- The new overseas deputies elected on May 20th held a meeting Wednesday with Lower Chamber president Abel Martínez. The seven legislators, who will be sworn in on August 16th will have the same work schedule as any other member of the chamber, for the same remuneration.
Although they will remain as residents in the countries in which they were elected, they must attend the Chamber of Deputies on a regular basis to comply with the committee agenda and participate in at least three legislative sessions a week.
Martínez told them that the Constitution of the Republic does not make any distinction between deputies, and internal regulations do not allow any preferential remuneration for anyone. A deputy receives a monthly salary of RD$330,974. Overseas deputies will have one special assignation to cover a once-monthly overseas trip. Any change would have to be made by resolution.
The seven new offices are being prepared in the Palace of Congress to accommodate the deputies representing the Dominican émigré community in the US, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The new legislators will attend a four-day course on the Legislative Branch rules and procedures before starting work.
The new deputies representing the Dominican community in US and Canada are José Morel Santana and Rubén Darío Luna (PRD) and Alfredo Rodríguez Azcona (PLD). Representing the DR community in Latin America, the Caribbean and Miami: Levys Suriel (PLD) and Arelis de Jesús Olivares (PRD). Dominicans in Europe are represented by Marcos Cross Sánchez (PLD) and Aurelio Mercedes Moscat (PRD).
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That would be equivalent to $9,000 monthly,must likely with all the perks of a aconsul general in
absentia ,since he could never be found as well as the vice-cosuls.
In other words, they won't be doing anything productive, same as the crooks we have here.
Correct you are, This is one more "botella"with a diplomatic visa at a cost to DR @ US$100,000
per annum,tax free since wages are not paid in by the USA threfore does not have to declare it
as income to the IRS. This would be equivalent to US $125,000 if he was paid here and had to
pay his taxes.
My suggestion is to keep them there in the DR parliament and resident in DR so they would have
pay taxes there and force them to spend the money there from where he got it.
If we are talking about 7 deputies in absencia at a cost of US$100,000@=US$700,000,that money
could very easy go towards education which is highly needed. We don't need any more shit heads
aove the law. We have plenty of those in WH.and INWOOD Valley upper Manhattan.(Mr editor )
not the Bronx as you once made a comment to the location.
Many Dominican workers are paid 9,000 per month as well - 9,000 Pesos not Dollars!
It gives a new and cynical meaning to the term "exchange rate" - one lazy politician is "equivalent to" 40 normal workers.
Cut to 15% rather than by 15% would be better. Also cut the number of them by a similar ratio.