The government payroll has increased by 52.5% in the first two years of the Medina administration, as reported in Diario Libre. The Central Government payroll has 440,898 employees as of August 2014. This is 20.5% more than in August 2012, at the start of the Medina administration. This means the Medina administration has added 75,138 new employees. When retired government employees are included, the total is 607,530 people receiving government wages every month.
Diario Libre says the government paid RD$5.15 billion in payroll in August 2012, which had increased to RD$7.85 by August 2014.
Diario Libre says the General Controller Office (CGR) provided the information after a request was made through the Office of Free Access to Public Information. The General Controller Office said it did not have access to the payroll information for employees in the city municipalities or decentralized government bodies.
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