Lawyer calls for lawmakers’ social-aid funds to be eliminated in electoral reforms
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- Lawyer Ruth Lafosse called for electoral reforms to block lawmakers from managing public funds for social assistance.
- Lafosse cited more than 1.8 billion lempiras identified in a report by the Association for a More Just Society.
Lawyer Ruth Lafosse said Honduras’ electoral reforms should include mechanisms to prevent lawmakers from administering or managing public funds intended for social assistance.
Lafosse pointed to more than 1.8 billion lempiras identified in a report by the Association for a More Just Society, known by its Spanish initials ASJ. Her proposal seeks to remove lawmakers from control of these assistance funds.
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