It appears that the PLD party’s planning during the interim overlooked the need to fill the bureaucratic posts with its members, only appointing its jobs commission on 12 August, just four days before the inauguration. This small lapse has been the catalyst for the delays and improvisations that have characterized the government bureaucracy during the past two weeks. According to the Diario Libre, municipal, provincial and intermediate committees of the party have devised long lists of the faithful to be selected for governmental jobs at the municipal, provincial and national levels. Unfortunately, the lists arrived in a chaotic manner and without any vetting of the people. The jobs committee is headed by party boss Reinaldo Pared Perez, and includes Lidio Cadet and Cristina Lizardo, all members of the PLD’s Central Committee. The task appears to be too much for them. In spite of working very long hours and well into the night, they are struggling to maintain control of who goes where. Yesterday, Cadet guaranteed that the committee was working full throttle to finish their assignment is the shortest time possible, but he did warn the PLD loyalists to be patient. Presidential Minister Danilo Medina asked for calm among PLD members and acknowledged the fact that the process was moving slowly. Just yesterday, the PRD’s administrator of the government radio and television system was asked to stay on at the post until a replacement could be named. Some violence has been reported in Bonao and Monte Plata, where angry job seekers were unhappy with the appointment of new local officials who are not from the region or do not belong to a certain PLD faction. Some reports make issue of the fact that none of the members of former Vice-President Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal’s faction have received jobs.