Puerto Plata senator José Ignacio Paliza (PRM-Puerto Plata) announced the submitting of a bill to create and regulate the national statistics system. He highlighted the important role that reliable and accurate data play in organized countries. He said in the Dominican Republic the body that designs and executes public policies is the same agency that measures the outcomes of these policies, making this confusing and not transparent. He proposes the creation of a modern legal framework as a basis for a more efficient state.
The bill proposes the creation of a National Statistics System (SNE), transforming the present National Statistics Office (ONE) into the National Statistics Office that would be an independent and autonomous organization in charge of centralizing statistical data. The bill also proposes the creation of a National Statistics Council (CNES) at the head of the new statistics system. He also proposes the preparation and implementation of the National Statistics Plan (PEN), a permanent program for changes in the national statistics policies.
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Jose Paliza
23 August 2017
