The Junta Central Electoral spoke against third party’s retaining the cedula, as the identification and voting card is known in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Juan Sully Bonnelly said it is wrong for any person to have the cedula of another, especially in times of national elections. The Junta issued the opinion but did not press charges as part of investigations into the case of the secretary general of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, Esteban Amancio, who was accused by the Partido Revolucionario Dominicana of illegally retaining over 700 cedulas of voters in the San Juan de la Maguana province. The Dr. Juan Sully Bonnelly said that no officer of the government, municipality or any third person can possess the ID and voting card of another person, regardless of the reason.
