Speaking at yesterday’s American Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Wednesday 27 April 2016, Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario stressed the influence political campaigns have on the Dominican economy. He said that the leading candidates’ presidential campaigns would be spending between RD$1 and RD$1.5 billion.
He said that a political party spends RD$200 million on its closing campaign events. Campaigning in the Dominican Republic ends on 12 May, after which citizens are given two days to decide for whom to vote, free from the political oversaturation of the campaigning period.
Rosario denied that the political campaign causes a contraction of the economy, as reported in Diario Libre.
Rosario said that the JCE is spending RD$3.49 billion directly on the electoral process. On 15 May 2016, Dominicans will vote for 4,106 public posts at the presidential, legislative and municipal levels. A total of 24,296 candidates who seek to convince almost 6.8 million voters are running for election and voting will take place at 4,381 centers.
http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/politica/la-campana-a-nivel-presidencial-mueve-unos-rd-1-500-millones-NK3491807
http://jce.gob.do/Noticias/conferencia-magistral-del-dr-roberto-rosario-marquez-la-integridad-electoral-como-un-componente-de-desarrollo-economico
