The secretary general of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, Lidio Cadet said that despite the government party not achieving the minimum 50 deputies needed to have veto power in the Congress, in the practice, the government is most likely to be able to veto any bill. He explained that all is needed is for all 49 PLD deputies to be in attendance and just one PRSC or PRD deputy to be absent. The veto power will allow the government party to be able to confirm a presidential veto of a congressional bill. That is, if President Fernández vetoes a bill sent for promulgation by the Legislative Branch, the Congress will not have the 33% of the vote necessary to override the veto and thus pass the bill despite the President’s opposition. Lidio Cadet pointed out that the PLD has improved its position in Congress. Previously, the government party had only one senator and 13 deputies. Today the PLD has four senators and 49 deputies, replacing the PRSC as the second party in congressional representation.
