Dominican government admits to massive cronysm - 69% of all government workers got their job through connections

69 percent of all government workers got their job through connections and/or political recommendations, a situation that still reflects the presence of cronyism when government agencies recruit personnel.

The figure, disclosed in the “Survey on civil service and public servants” presented yesterday by the National Public Administration Institute (INAP) in the El Embajador hotel, reveals that only 16, 6 and 4 percent enter via job applications, professional contest or training and merits, respectivel”*

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