While city government workers might feel happy at the prospect of a pay rise, Fausto Ruiz, president of the Dominican Municipalities Federation (FEDOMU), said there is no way that the nation’ s municipalities can implement the wage increase initiative proposed by President Leonel Fernandez yesterday because they simply don’t have the money, and payrolls are already too big. Ruiz, who is also the mayor of La Vega, said that the country’s city halls are in the same predicament. Ruiz said that the government should include the municipalities and city halls in the new “Plan for Integrated Action” budget in order to reduce the burden. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While city government workers might feel happy at the prospect of a pay rise, Fausto Ruiz, president of the Dominican Municipalities Federation (FEDOMU), said there is no way that the nation’ s municipalities can implement the wage increase initiative proposed by President Leonel Fernandez yesterday because they simply don’t have the money, and payrolls are … <\/p>\n