Rafael Molina Morillo of Hoy newspaper comments on the report published by German Marte in the newspaper yesterday whereby the government will provide funding for 3,366 non-governmental organizations, “for supposed works of social interest that no one supervises.” He points out that with the exception of Rehabilitacion, Corazones Unidos, and a few others, most of these organizations represent free spending of government funds. “The worst is that many of these NGOs are linked to legislators, government officers, businessmen and officials that do not know what ethics is,” he writes. He comments that the investigation by Marte revealed that of the 3,366 entities, 60% is not even registered, while another 25% are pending procedures that would make them legitimate. “We are again before a situation of free hand in spending and wasting of government funds. Will we not come to our senses and understand that we are a country that is bankrupt and cannot afford the luxury of throwing out money,” he writes.
He says that the best that a responsible and brave government could do, unless it is dreaming of reelection and needs now to add unconditional adepts, is to eliminate by the root all of these subsidies and gifts to the NGO’s, leaving only the 10 or 12 (known by all) that truly carry out positive work.