"Political pressure" delays the selection of members of the Chamber of Accounts

The Senate was scheduled to elect the members of the Plenary Session of the Chamber of Accounts this Thursday, but the election was postponed due to "political pressure" from opposition parties. The selection of the new plenary session could take place next week. Unofficially, a list of five members is circulating, including Emma Polanco, former rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), and others close to the ruling Modern Re…

The Auditor General of the Nation will be virtually paralysed from today, as they have expired the terms of office of the auditors appointed by the Senate and, for the past year, those who had been nominated by the Chamber of Deputies. Since April 2024 the body that must control the accounts of the Public Administration operated with four of its seven members, since due to the dispute between Freedom Advance, PRO and the UCR the replacements of …

The former rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Emma Polanco, was interviewed on Monday by the Senate Special Committee that studies the terns formed for the election of the new members of the Chamber of Auditors during the period 2024-2028. The special commission has a two-week time frame to choose ...