The Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) met on Monday 5 February 2018, and agreed to discard the committee of lawyers that would be charged with determining whether open primaries are constitutional, as had been agreed at the previous meeting. Instead, the committee of the ruling political party agreed to leave the decision of whether to allow open primaries or primaries of only registered party members up to legislature, once the National Congress begins a new session after 27 February. Tops on the agenda of Congress are the Political Parties Bill and the Electoral Bill. In 2005, the Supreme Court of Justice had ruled out open primaries for choosing the presidential candidates of political parties.
PLD Secretary General, Reinaldo Pared Pérez, said that it was also agreed during the meeting that Labor Minister José Ramón Fadul (Monchy) would replace César Pina Toribio as the party’s delegate to the Central Electoral Court (JCE). Pina Toribio was named ambassador to Argentina. In addition, José Manuel Hernández Peguero was appointed the PLD’s delegate for the elections and Sports Minister Danilo Díaz was ratified as supplementary delegate.
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Listin Diario
7 February 2018
