Bienvenido Brito has been sworn in as the new director of Bienes Nacionales, the government department in charge of state property. Brito has an excellent reputation as an honest and professional public servant. He was controller in a previous PRD administration. He replaces Victor Tió Fernandez who was appointed to the post despite having been investigated for corruption during a previous PRD administration. Tió faces charges of corruption after a TV investigative journalist revealed irregularities in Bienes Nacionales.
