DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Twenty-two of 32 senators voted in favor of the bill for reforming the Organic Law of the Chamber of Accounts. The bill incorporates changes in the roles and scope of the members of the Chamber of Accounts.

The bill was drafted by Felix Bautista (Fuerza el Pueblo- San Juan de la Maguana). Senator Bautista was taken to court and eventually acquitted for major corruption during the Leonel Fernandez administration. Transparency International has described him as one of the most corrupt government officers in the world. In 2018, the US government’s Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Bautista Rosario (Bautista) for engaging in corrupt acts, including to reconstruction efforts in Haiti

The amendments to the Organic Law of the Chamber of Accounts now pass to the Chamber of Deputies. It requires for passing two-thirds of the vote of...