The Junta Central Electoral said that it will be issuing checks to the parties to fund the political campaigns. The parties are slated to receive as of 26 March some RD$171 ,683,880, or 0.5% of the central government budget, as consigned in the Electoral Law. 80% of these funds will be distributed in equal parts to the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), the three leading political parties. Each party will receive RD$45,792,368 million to be used in the political campaigns of those aspiring to municipal and congressional posts in the 16 May elections.
