Hippo was through bad times but we should not forget that he had 2 great years of economy. There was money in the streets "dinero en la calle", now only "comesolos" (PLD) have it. I have to tell you that I see many business owners rooting for "Papa" because of the hopes that money will return to the streets.
Businesses are on a brink of collapse in Higuey, there is lots of money concentrated but in few hands, tourism is great, but imagine this: we are in high tourism season, meaning hotels producing lots of $$$ and employees getting bonuses, but there is virtually no money moving in the streets. I have many local clients and I hear the complaints all over, everywhere. Even many PLD supporter (business owners) are fed up with the current administration.
Would Danilo be continuation of the same, or will it be new course? Hippo has apparently interest in making change, so as not to be labeled the politician who brought the DR to the brink of collapse in 2002. However, we all know that it was not Hippo's economic policy that brought hyperinflation, it was the bank collapse. How they HANDLED it, however, may bring some fault on his administration, but he did not ask Baninter and others to go belly up... Anyway, for me Guillermo Moreno and his Alianza Pais would be the best suited option for this country, but his time has not come yet....
berrrh I hate when countries have 2 prevailing parties changing power between them, like the US, UK and the DR (or one party like Mexico and most recently DR, where only 1 party is strong enough to stay in power). Much better in Europe where you have countries where several parties compete and many are close tie-ups, and physical coalitions have to be made to govern with different parties and views being represented across the governments.