According to the president of the Central Electoral Board’s (JCE) Administrative Chamber, Nelson Gomez, if the government does not deliver the funds required by the court to operate normally, the institution will have to fire 40 percent of its employees after the midterm elections in May. The official said that the JCE is operating on a RD$600 million deficit. He stated that Congress and the government have allocated the funds required for the elections (RD$900 million) but have reduced the daily operations budget by more than RD$600 million. Last week the JCE delivered RD$593.6 million to the political parties in funding for their campaign activities.