DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) ordered the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to upgrade the People’s Force (Fuerza del Pueblo – FP) to majority party status. Now the political party founded by former President Leonel Fernandez in 2020 will receive a cut of the 80% of the taxpayer fund allotted to majority political parties. The FP will now join the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and the former majority party, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).

The TSA is the government entity that rules on the correct application of government entity actions.

Former President Leonel Fernandez celebrated on his Twitter account saying the decision consolidates democracy and strengthens the political party system.

Article 61 of Law 33-18 on Political Parties, Movements and Groupings in its paragraph one establishes that 80% will be distributed in equal parts among the...