Hacienda Minister Donald Guerrero disputes the amount of RD$90 billion in wasteful spending of public funds that Oxfam mentions in a recent report, “Se Buscan Recursos para Garantizar Derechos” is not correct. While he did not agree with the figure, he said that in some areas of government spending improvements can be made.
The treasury minister said that the government spends 84% on education, health and the military.
The Oxfam report on the 2017 National Budget also stated that more than RD$39 billion was spent on what are known as patronage jobs.
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Diario Libre
Oxfam Report
24 October 2017
