M
I read a poll that had Albinader winning over everyone but Medina, even Fernandez.
We got a chance to meet him in a business lobby in 2015 when he was looking for campaign $$$. We chatted maybe 10 minutes. It was just him and his driver.he is at 45% among the other candidates, higher than any.
We got a chance to meet him in a business lobby in 2015 when he was looking for campaign $$$. We chatted maybe 10 minutes. It was just him and his driver.
Seemed pleasant enough, like just a regular guy, articulate, laid-back and mild-mannered, kinda professorial. I know nothing about his politics.
While a party change on the face of it is a great idea, it brings chaos along with it. Anyone else remember when Hipolito came into power? The key problem is that the DR has no independent civil service - those who work in government positions are supporters of the government in power, so all of those would go and be replaced. The problem is that the incoming people have no idea how to do the job, not having done it before, so getting anything official done becomes a nightmare until they learn to do their jobs - which can take a long while.
Matilda
That is something that will not happen for a long time. The DR will have PLD for a lot more time, with or without Leonel.Excellent news....lets hope Leonel looses along with the PLD.....country needs new fresh faces....
I have been preaching for years that the #1 improvement the DR can make is establishing a professional civil service force.While a party change on the face of it is a great idea, it brings chaos along with it. Anyone else remember when Hipolito came into power? The key problem is that the DR has no independent civil service - those who work in government positions are supporters of the government in power, so all of those would go and be replaced. The problem is that the incoming people have no idea how to do the job, not having done it before, so getting anything official done becomes a nightmare until they learn to do their jobs - which can take a long while.
Matilda
Just learned something new...friggin totally inefficient...absolutely important observation. in British caribbean territories, civil servants are not political appointees. there are people who work in Pensions, The Treasury, and other government bureaucracies who have been there all their working lives. governments come, and governments go, but they remain constant. those workers know everything there is to know about the jobs, and are as proficient as can be expected.
in the DR, even the cleaning ladies get changed when the government changes. jobs are political payoffs, and have less than zero to do with competence. that is why trying to get anything done in a government department is a harrowing adventure...nobody knows anything.
absolutely important observation. in British caribbean territories, civil servants are not political appointees. there are people who work in Pensions, The Treasury, and other government bureaucracies who have been there all their working lives. governments come, and governments go, but they remain constant. those workers know everything there is to know about the jobs, and are as proficient as can be expected.
in the DR, even the cleaning ladies get changed when the government changes. jobs are political payoffs, and have less than zero to do with competence. that is why trying to get anything done in a government department is a harrowing adventure...nobody knows anything.
absolutely important observation. in British caribbean territories, civil servants are not political appointees. there are people who work in Pensions, The Treasury, and other government bureaucracies who have been there all their working lives. governments come, and governments go, but they remain constant. those workers know everything there is to know about the jobs, and are as proficient as can be expected.
in the DR, even the cleaning ladies get changed when the government changes. jobs are political payoffs, and have less than zero to do with competence. that is why trying to get anything done in a government department is a harrowing adventure...nobody knows anything.