By DOLORES VICIOSO, DR1 Editor
People are counting the days. This coming Sunday, 16 August 2020, after five terms in office, the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) will no longer be the ruling party. Enter the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) that in 2020 swept the municipal election (15 March) and the presidential and congressional election (5 July).
Expectations are high. This time around Luis Abinader ran for President promising an independent Attorney General as a first step to end corruption and impunity. With just days to go for the end of the Medina administration, the media has been focusing on irregularities in past actions in government of the President’s close family members and relatives. Will they be prosecuted? Former President Hipólito Mejía, a high-ranking member in the PRM and contender to Abinader for the presidential nomination, said: “Presidents...
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