{"id":141000,"date":"2020-04-27T12:26:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T12:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=141000"},"modified":"2020-04-27T13:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:55:58","slug":"finjus-calls-for-an-end-to-the-little-barrel-slush-fund-for-legislators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/04\/27\/finjus-calls-for-an-end-to-the-little-barrel-slush-fund-for-legislators\/","title":{"rendered":"FINJUS calls for an end to the \u201clittle barrel\u201d slush fund for legislators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Servio-Tulio-Casta\u00f1os-El-Caribe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Servio-Tulio-Casta\u00f1os-El-Caribe.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Servio-Tulio-Casta\u00f1os-El-Caribe-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Servio-Tulio-Casta\u00f1os-El-Caribe-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The vice president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus), Servio Tulio Casta\u00f1os Guzman is calling on the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to end the use of the Fund for Social Management, much better known as the \u201clittle barrel\u201d (essentially a slush fund for use by legislators with little or no accountability).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finjus suggests that the discretionary use of these funds is contrary to the primary role of the legislators. He says the fund is a travesty to transparency and the money would be better put to use for programs to combat the Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casta\u00f1os Guzman wants the money to be used to help restore businesses, create jobs, cure the sick, and pay for vital services. He also called for the identification of those areas where public funds are detoured from their stated purpose due to poor governance, inefficiency and the movement of funds for political activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/finjus-pide-se-elimine-el-barrilito-y-el-dinero-se-use-para-combatir-el-coronavirus\">El Dia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27 April 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vice president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus), Servio Tulio Casta\u00f1os Guzman is calling on the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to end the use of the Fund for Social Management, much better known as the \u201clittle barrel\u201d (essentially a slush fund for use by legislators with little or no accountability). Finjus &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/04\/27\/finjus-calls-for-an-end-to-the-little-barrel-slush-fund-for-legislators\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141030,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141000\/revisions\/141030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}