The way the electoral laws are written, you need big bucks to campaign for deputy or senator. Deputy Jose Horacio Rodríguez and senator Faride Raful who won their seats without millionaire spending, are the exceptions, not the rule. These two are not wealthy, as many of the politicians who sit for the majority political parties of the Dominican Republic.
N Digital reports that 25 legislators in the Chamber of Deputies reported wealth of more than RD$40 million. The wealth of the senators is greater. There is even a senator who reported a fortune of more than RD$9 billion.
The ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) has the most millionaires, with 17, followed by four of the Dominican Liberation Party, one of the People’s Force (the new party of former President Leonel Fernandez), another of the Social Christian Reformist Party (Partido Reformista) and...
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