{"id":506369,"date":"2026-05-01T15:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/citizens-support-reduction-in-party-funds-but-doubts-and-criticisms-persist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:34:54","slug":"citizens-support-reduction-in-party-funds-but-doubts-and-criticisms-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/citizens-support-reduction-in-party-funds-but-doubts-and-criticisms-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens support reduction in party funds, but doubts and criticisms persist"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2014 The government's decision to reduce by <strong>50%<\/strong> the funds allocated to <strong>political parties<\/strong> continues to generate reactions among <strong>citizens<\/strong>, who express divided positions this Friday afternoon on the impact of the measure.\n\nWhen consulted about the proposal, taking into account that these resources come from the public budget, some favor reduction, while others doubt its effectiveness or ask for greater transparency.\n\nCitizen Denisse Cruz considered that the reduction should be even greater. \"<strong>It's good that they are reduced and it should be more, because they take a lot of money<\/strong>\", she affirmed.\n\nWe recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/partido-recorte-crisis\/\">Opposition questions cuts to party funds and demands more transparent measures in the face of crisis<\/a>\n\nFor his part, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Medina showed skepticism about the destination of the funds. \"<strong>That's a story... there are people who don't believe in that<\/strong>\", he expressed, questioning whether changes will really be generated.\n\nMeanwhile, Milanina Tavera pointed out that, although she does not master the political issue, she understands that it is correct for the parties to generate their own resources. \"<strong>It is not to cover everything completely, but a part<\/strong>\", she indicated.\n\nAnother citizen, identified as Jos\u00e9, was more forceful in proposing the total elimination of public funding. <strong>\u201cThat money comes out of the people's pockets. It's better that the vote is by conviction, not by investment,\u201d<\/strong> he maintained.\n\nThe opinions reflect the citizen's interest in the management of public resources and the open debate on the financing of political activity in the country.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"649219\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fcace3d1-37ab-447e-a27b-36754335095e-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649219\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"649220\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8a35c8b1-228a-4e44-9a67-03b287508f23-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649220\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2014 The government&#8217;s decision to reduce by 50% the funds allocated to political parties continues to generate reactions among citizens, who express divided positions this Friday afternoon on the impact of the measure. When consulted about the proposal, taking into account that these resources come from the public budget, some favor reduction, while others [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-506369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506375,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506369\/revisions\/506375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}