The Chamber of Accounts (CCRD) president Licelott Marte de Barrios has announced that they have found a large number of irregularities during an audit of the political parties.
Marte de Barrios said that the political parties need to improve their accounting systems and keep control of their expenses as they have budgets of more than RD$800 million a year.
She said that the weaknesses could be seen in a lack of receipts for most expenses, issuing checks without supporting evidence, rental payments without contracts and inadequate management of purchases and contracts for services.
In addition they found unpaid taxes, failure to abide by the rules established by government accountants, a lack of purchase orders and quotes from providers, and other irregularities.
The CCRD president said that the weaknesses were to be found across all political parties, but that some were managing their accounts properly.
So far this year 12 parties are in the final phase of the audit. The original plan was to audit 17, but this has now been extended to all 26 political parties, and will take place during the year.
Cámara de Cuentas detecta irregularidades en manejo de recursos partidos políticos