The Listin Diario says that many of the organizations the government benefited with an overall RD$100 million addendum to the National Budget are ghost organizations. The addendum is said to have been the incentive for the deputies to pass the tax package as submitted by the Senate. In today’s, 5 January issue, the Listín says that several of the foundations were created barely days before the passing of the bill. It specifically mentions the Fundacion de Asistencia y Ayuda Comunitaria para la Region de Barahona and the Fundacion de Desarrollo Comunitaria para La Vega that were incorporated on 29 November 2000. A month after, these organizations are now entitled to receive allotments of RD$400,000 and RD$300,000 respectively. The Listin Diario says that many of the organizations are unknown in their communities, and mentions the Instituto de Promocion Humana de Santiago, that will benefit from an allotment of RD$186,687 when its domicile is unknown. Correspondents of the newspaper could not either locate the Fundacion para el Desarrollo de Inoa and the Fundacion de la Mujer de Licey al Medio. No one knows about the Fundacion Salvemos el Rio Jobo, and the Fundacion para el Desarrollo Ambiental y Sanitario Barrio Moca, other beneficiaries. PRSC deputies Maximo Castro Silverio and Ramon Rogelio Genao justified their right as elected officers to maintain foundations and manage resources to help their communities. "We were elected, just as the President of the Republic was," they say.
