El Caribe newspaper reports that despite campaign propaganda to do otherwise, and a governmental promise to desist from the practice of allotting public works without tenders as of this January, this practice continues in the present administration. The newspaper says that only the Oficina Coordinadora y Supervisora de Obras del Estado allotted 360 works for RD$2,000 million in the first six months of government. The allotting of public works construction without holding tenders has been criticized as costing the state more. The practice results in overvaluing of public works and construction vices. Hernani Salazar, director of the Oficina Coordinadora y Supervisora de Obras del Estado defended the practice saying that these negatives will not occur if there is adequate supervision.
