1998News

Electoral court turns down proposal for plebiscite

The president of the Junta Central Electoral, Dr. Juan Sully Bonnelly, said that those who have proposed the placement of boxes at the electoral tables so that voters can be polled on whether the constitution should be reformed to allow for presidential re-election, can forget about it. Dr. Sully Bonnelly said that President Leonel Fernández, who opposed the proposal when it came up at the National Dialogue, was right for the right reasons. Dr. Sully Bonnelly concurred with the President that a plebiscite as a way to reform the Constitution is not legal in the Dominican Republic.