Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Vargas was reelected president of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) for four more years during the 34th Extraordinary Convention of the party held on Saturday, 2 December 2017. During the assembly, several articles in the bylaws of the party were modified.
Vargas in 2016 chose to back President Danilo Medina so the later could have the sufficient congressional votes to change the 2010 Constitution so he could run for reelection. Dissident party members split to form the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), today the leading opposition party.
Others elected were Peggy Cabral, acting president. Cabral at the present is Dominican ambassador in Italy. Also elected was Francisco Antonio Peña Guaba as secretary general, Rafael (Fiquito) Vasquez as national organization secretary; Jose Neney Cabrer, national executive president and Yunior de los Santos, as vice president and president of the joint commission.
As reported, 5,325 delegates participated, making up 88.75% of the enrollment of 6,000 that were convened.
Rafael Suberví Bonilla, former mayor of Santo Domingo and minister of tourism, was chosen to direct the party in the National District.
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Listin Diario
El Dia
4 December 2017
