On the campaign trail over the weekend, former President Leonel Fern?ndez and former Vice President Jaime David Fern?ndez Mirabal attacked the administration of President Hip?lito Mej?a for reasons of incompetence and mismanagement.
?The mismanagement of the government regarding fiscal and monetary policy has led to the devaluation of the peso,? said former President Fern?ndez, on a tour of the Northwest. He said that farming, construction and free-zone manufacturing had stagnated during the Mej?a administration because of the disastrous measures taken by that government. Fern?ndez also said that more than 250,000 jobs had been lost.
Former Vice President Fernandez Mirabal while in Puerto Plata expressed his concern over the high levels of conflict and lack of trust the Dominican people have in government today.
The PLD primaries will be held Sunday 29 June and the former President and former Vice President are the leading contenders for the PLD presidential nomination.