I've had a good look at the election results and it's clear that Abinader won by a true landslide, achieving just short of 60% of the votes. He also has 29 of the 32 senators in his party or allied to his party, so the PRM has a total majority in government. The PLD, Danilo's old party, seem to have been driven into extinction, they got just 10% of the votes, and not a single senator (they had 28 of the 32 seats in 2010 so this is a massive fall from grace).
So my questions are: Firstly, with such a huge majority, will the PRM start the old tricks again, abusing power and engaging in huge amounts of corruption just like Danilo did, or will Abinader stick to his stance on zero corruption? And secondly is this the end of the PLD? And will their extinction lead to even more freedom for the PRM to take legal action against them, including even Danilo (I believe that he can be prosecuted after 5 years out of office).
I'd just like others opinions on this.
So my questions are: Firstly, with such a huge majority, will the PRM start the old tricks again, abusing power and engaging in huge amounts of corruption just like Danilo did, or will Abinader stick to his stance on zero corruption? And secondly is this the end of the PLD? And will their extinction lead to even more freedom for the PRM to take legal action against them, including even Danilo (I believe that he can be prosecuted after 5 years out of office).
I'd just like others opinions on this.