DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

With but two weeks to go for the Presidential and Congressional election on 19 May 2024, the Fuerza del Pueblo political party seems to not have been able to get its act together and comply with legal statutes for registering candidates.

One of the affected by recent decisions of the Fuerza del Pueblo leadership, Andy Morales says he has not resigned his candidacy for deputy for the FP in the National District. The FP had announced the candidates would be chosen by poll, and Morales won the poll. Subsequently, the FP leadership, namely party president and former three-time President Leonel Fernandez, chose to register a different candidacy, that of Rafael Paz.

Paz is a former executive vice president of the National Business Council.

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has sided with the TSE that had ruled against the registration of the candidacies of Rafael Paz and Selinee Mendez...