The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has said that it will wait for the technical report about the vote counting scanners purchased for the 2016 elections until they decide about the payment of the outstanding debt for the machines that is owed to Spanish company Indra Sytems for US$13,927,000.
The JCE made the statement in a press release following the concluding comments by the Chamber of Accounts that they should pay the outstanding balance.
JCE president, Julio César Castaños Guzmán, stated that they would discuss the definitive report issued by the Audit Commission at the appropriate time.
Castaños Guzmán said they would be meeting with a team of IT engineers and specialists from PUCCMM University, the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC), Banco Popular and the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana (E. León Jimenes Group) on 14 December 2017 to set up a commission and define the work to be done.
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Al Momento
5 December 2017
