Department of Abiding Irony
Quico says: Technically, the Comptrollership Committee (Comisión de Contraloría) is the National Assembly’s key oversight body: parliament’s corruption watchdog. Turns out that, of the 80+ people who draw a salary from the committee’s payroll, perhaps 60 actually work there.
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