President Danilo Medina has issued several decrees removing three lesser known public institutions, bringing the total eliminated so far to six. They are the Office of Cooperation, Education, Science and Technology, ascribed to the Presidency of the Republic, the Presidential Office of Democratic Initiatives and the Presidential Commission on the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals.
The measure is contained in the decrees numbers 647-12, 648-12 and 649-12, respectively, in which the President says that these institutions have fulfilled their purpose.
Medina also instructed the Minister of Public Administration to relocate within 60 days, if applicable the personnel who worked in the three institutions, taking into account their skills and experience. They will evaluate the debts and the budgetary appropriations and transfer the furniture and equipment and physical space to other institutions, according to the decrees.
Presidency Press Director Roberto Rodriguez Marchena recalled that the measure brought the total of institutions removed to six, as part of President Danilo Medina’s pledge to eliminate all of the public institutions that have fulfilled their purpose.
On 8 September, the President eliminated, by decree 545-12 the National Council on State Reform, the Commission for Support for the Reform and Modernization of Justice and the National Commission for the Execution of the Penal Process Reform.