The talk of the town continues to be the worth statements presented by starting and outgoing government officers.
For the Abinader administration, Vice President Raquel Peña presented her worth statement for RD$289 million, as reported in N Digital.
Higher Education Minister Franklin Fermin declared RD$88.9 million. Education Minister Roberto Fulcar declared RD$49.5 million.
President Danilo Medina delivered his worth statement on Wednesday, 16 September. It is for RD$25,852,949.31, an increase of RD$3,297,520 over the same report submitted in 2016 at the start of Medina’s second term.
Another high-ranking officer in the Medina administration, former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez also turned in his worth statement. It is for RD$214 million.
Former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch of the Ethics Department of the Presidency said that the worth statements need to be followed up. She says these need to be matched with the Tax Agency (DGII), the land title registry agency and banks.
Ortiz Bosch called on the Chamber of Accounts (Camara de Cuentas) to apply Law 311-14. She said her agency would be following up. “It is not a document to keep, it is a document to work on if we want to create transparency, fight corruption and create ethical and moral principles for public officials,” Ortiz Bosch said when speaking at the Presidential Palace, as reported in N Digital.
The president of the Senate Ethics Committee, Aris Yvan Lorenzo (Elias Piña-PLD), questioned the Chamber of Accounts’ inactivity in verifying the sworn statements.
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17 September 2020