The Partido de la Liberación Dominicana and the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano published a communiqué in national newspapers expressing their concern that with less than 75 days to go before the presidential election of 16 May still 700,000 Dominicans have not received their voting/indentification card, or cédula. Of this number, 50% of these cédulas have not yet been finalized by the Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of presidential, municipal and congressional elections in the DR. The PRSC and PLD urge that the JCE guarantee citizen’s constitutional right to vote by delivering the cédula on time. If this is not possible, they urge that the JCE implement recommendations to this end made by the Centro de Asesoría Electoral para America Latina (CAPEL) and Participación Ciudadana or implement any other mechanisms approved with the consensus of the JCE, the political parties and the civil society.
