DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Minority political parties are “expensive franchises,” says the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (Finjus). Finjus expects legislators will give these a hard look as the country immerses itself into a process of reforms after the opposition party swept the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and the municipalities. The Abinader government team has announced the new proposals seek to make government more efficient and transparent.

Finjus says that the minority parties don’t act as people meeting to resolve local issues. Instead, they are franchises that cost the country a lot of money.

Finjus remarks that if it were not for the political patronage of the majority parties, many of these groups, which lack real leaders, would have disappeared long ago.

Looking at the recent 5 July presidential and congressional elections, Finjus is calling for an assessment of the role...