News commentator Orlando Gil of El Siglo newspaper comments that there is no difference between what is going on in the present government and what happened in the past. He says it has become government practice to "give away" vehicles to government officers. The current plan calls for the ministries to finance 75% of the cost of the vehicles, with the employees getting loans for the remaining 25%. But Gil says that actually the employees end up paying nothing for their luxury vehicles because things like insurance, fuel and maintenance are deducted from their car payments. The vehicle plans make it even more attractive to work for the state.
