Santo Domingo.- The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader He referred this Monday to the tax reform project and maintained that “We must all make an effort to look for the resources that the Government projects need.
After being approached about a possible elimination of the «barrel» (budget intended for legislators for social works) in the La Semanal meeting with La Prensa, the president indicated that if he were a senator he would not take it and would recommend not using it.
Abinader assures that they will review several proposals for the tax reform
Likewise, he stated that he would agree with deleting in a 50% funds for political parties.
However, in establishing its position regarding spending on government advertising The Head of State compared the current figures with those of previous administrations.
«The current Government’s advertising spending is 1.5%. What was it in the previous Government? What was 8.8% in the Government from 2004 to 2012? “1.6%, that is, they spent twice what we spend.”
He added that he has evaluated the elimination of other institutions and reducing the budget of others.
