With 38% of the vote, Yimi Zapata, was chosen president of the Federación de Estudiantes Dominicanos (FED) during the student council election at the UASD state university. The election had been suspended on 24 March 2017, when violence erupted leading the death of Daniel Castillo.
With 800 votes pending to be counted, Enerio Rodríguez, president of the electoral commission, said that Zapata had 11,575 votes or 37.98%. His candidacy was backed by the alliances of the Frente Estudiantil Socialista Democrático (FESD), in turn backed by the opposition political party PRM; the Frente Estudiantil Flavio Suero (FEFLAS) and the Frente Estudiantil Amín Abel Hasbum (FELABEL).
The runner up, Rafaelito Valenzuela, of the alliance Vanguardia Estudiantil (VED) and Grupo Estudiantil Independiente (GEI), obtained 10,030 votes or 32.92%. He will be chosen organization secretary for the FED.
The third place winner was by the Fuerza Juvenil Dominicana (FJD) with 2,677 votes, or 8.75%. The FJD candidate would hold the press and communications secretariat.
There were 182,478 students eligible to vote in the election, but only around 31,000 did so, or around 16.7% of the total.
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Listin Diario
El Nacional
28 April 2017
