Former secretary general of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) who sought to be re-elected, Julio Mar??ez of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, authorized his party’s mayors to receive their city government funding from the LMD head by La Altagracia province senator, Amable Aristy Castro. The mayors had requested the funding be rerouted through the Treasury, but finally gave in when the government did not comply with their petition. Mayor of Santo Domingo, Johnny Ventura, had been one of the PRD mayors refusing to accept the moneys, which affected operations of the city government. He received RD$43 million from the LMD yesterday to pay employees.
