DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) ordered the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) political party to submit new candidates for deputies for Constituency District 1 of the National District for the upcoming 19 May 2024 congressional election. Fuerza del Pueblo was founded in 2019 when former President Leonel Fernandez split from the then-ruling Dominican Liberation Party under former President Danilo Medina.

The FP submitted the candidacies of Rafael Paz and Selinée Méndez for deputies. A ruling issued by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) had rejected these on ground that they did not correspond with the methodology the political party had registered for choosing the candidates.

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) gave the political party until Wednesday, 1 May, to register its list of candidates for deputies for the aforementioned constituency, in compliance with sentences TSE/0307/2024...