With the aim of getting police and military personnel out of their buildings and service centers, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has decided to create its own security corps to guard its offices.
Roberto Rosario, the chief magistrate of the JCE Administrative Chamber, announced that they were working on the design of the program in coordination with the departments of Security, Finances and Human Resources, and he expects to put the plan into action by April.
“They will be something like the bank police, or like those at the Supreme Court, specialized personnel that will be trained, formed and educated to give the best service to the public’, he told Diario Libre reporters as he pointed out that the corps would initially begin working at the JCE headquarters, the Electoral Board in the National District, in Santo Domingo West, and at the Civil Registries of the First and Second Circumscriptions.
He maintained that the JCE should have absolute control over the handling of their security personnel and “their relationship with the public.”
He said that in some places “uncomfortable situations” have developed between the military and civilian personnel about the speed of services.
“In principle, this will be personnel belonging to the JCE itself. It will be the necessary personnel, not an army,” emphasized Rosario.