President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lucía Medina, has insisted that it will be the Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party that will decide whether she will continue in her position that she took up in August 2016.
Apparently, there was an internal agreement within the party that a decision as to whether she would continue as president of the chamber of deputies would be taken after 12 months. Fellow deputies Rubén Maldonado, Radhamés Camacho and Demóstenes Martínez, are also requesting the PC to make a decision, as one of them would likely succeed her should she be replaced.
Former legal advisor to the President, Cesar Pina Toribio, in remarks published in Diario Libre, called for the agreement signed by the Political Committee of the PLD to be respected. The agreement calls for alternating the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. Toribio was named ambassador in Argentina.
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Listin Diario
24 May 2017
