In a session yesterday, Wednesday 19 February, the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) Council gave the go-ahead for the Chamber of Accounts to audit the university at the request of outgoing rector Mateo Aquino Febrillet. The resolution says that for the audit, they are sending the official agency the financial balance sheets and the budgetary performance of the state university up to 31 December 2013.
In a press release they added that this measure guarantees the transparency with which the finances have been handled during the three years of the Aquino Febrillet administration. Aquino Febrillet will hand over the reins to newly elected rector Ivan Grullon Fernandez on 28 February.
Yesterday, Grullon Fernandez announced that the payroll at the state university had nearly doubled over the last year, and promised to clean up the financial situation. When asked for his reaction to the statement, Aquino Febrillet responded by saying that he would deal with this after he hands over the administration.