Luxury per-diems
Central Electoral Board (JCE) officials who travel abroad enjoy greater per-diem allowances and spending money than United Nations officials. As reported in Diario Libre, a JCE judge who travels to Puerto Rico, for instance, will receive US$750 -US$800 daily spending money, plus an allocation for “pocket” expenses. This is more than a UN official will get for visiting Dubai or London, trips for which they are assigned US$411 and US$417.
For travel to Washington, D.C. the JCE authorizes US$800, for travel to Boston, US$1,000, in addition to “pocket” money. The UN rates are US$321 and US$304 respectively.
JCE Judge Aura Celeste Fernandez recently requested that a permanent, transparent and fair policy needed to be set for board members’ travel expenses. The proposal was submitted a year ago, but discarded, according to a report in Diario Libre.
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