"President Leonel Fernandez told a university audience that public service in the Dominican Republic was "questionable" at best. The President blamed the lack of quality among government officials on what he called "Particracy" or democracy based on party affiliations. As the keynote speaker at the inauguration of the "First Postgraduate Program in Public Management" at the PUCMM in Santo Domingo, the President said that one of the pending issues in the country is the need to professionalize the officials who serve the public, including how to retain public servants during changes in administration. The President said that from time to time the political will to make the changes needed might occur, but there is a lack of qualified technicians to coordinate and execute such a program. The government's National Personnel Office is one of the sponsors of the one-year program."
That's the story. I was actually pleased to see it, and hope upon hope he means what he said.
I've said for a long time, as long as I've been aware of how the DR government functions, that the #1 fixable problem that exists within government is the absence of a viable, fair, non-patronage Civil Service system for the government and security/police/military bureaucracy.
No way can government-which is inefficient to begin with at best-function even marginally without one.
Leonel, you pledge to fix that in the next couple of years, and you'll be doing the country a great service.
That's the story. I was actually pleased to see it, and hope upon hope he means what he said.
I've said for a long time, as long as I've been aware of how the DR government functions, that the #1 fixable problem that exists within government is the absence of a viable, fair, non-patronage Civil Service system for the government and security/police/military bureaucracy.
No way can government-which is inefficient to begin with at best-function even marginally without one.
Leonel, you pledge to fix that in the next couple of years, and you'll be doing the country a great service.
