The Organization of American States will send 12 observers to witness the Dominican Republic’s congressional and municipal elections. The announcement was made by Juan Sully Bonnelly, president of the Junta Central Electoral, the government department that organizes the elections. Independent observers from about 40 other countries will also monitor the polls. In the elections, 30 senators, 144 deputies, 115 mayors and more than 750 city council members will be chosen. Sully Bonnelly also said that about 60,000 volunteers and election board staffers will run the polls. The 1998 municipal and congressional elections is estimated to cost nearly RD$1,000 million.
