DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Ruling political party government officials and politicians of the government party and opposition political parties have prematurely announced their intentions to seek their party’s candidacy. The next presidential election will be held in May 2028.

The prohibition for candidates to campaign and parties to act in favor of choosing candidates is already in the Dominican electoral law. Now the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has ruled rejecting that political parties take shortcuts in their Presidential candidate selection.

In its landmark ruling, the Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE) prohibits all political parties from selecting or proclaiming presidential candidates before the legally established timeline. The ruling annuls a plan by the opposition party Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) to hold an early internal consultation, El Dia reports.

The TSE’s...