The leading opposition political party, the PRM, announced their convention will be held on 18 March 2018 and not on 18 February as originally planned. This is the second postponing of the convention that originally would have taken place in November 2017. The convention will choose the party directors. Some 90,000 party members aspire to 40,000 positions.
Sonia Guzman, acting president of the PRM, also called for members meet on 8 April for the local delegate convention and on 22 April for the national delegate convention. Guzman said that the postponement is to give more time for the organization to prepare for the convention. She also explained a purge is being carried on the registered PRM voters list of 523,000 voters. “This decision aims to assure that this unique event in the history of political parties in the country is well organized and takes place with unquestionable transparency,” said Guzman.
The president of the PRM, Andres Bautista is seeking re-election. He is also one of the 14 accused of corruption in the Odebrecht bribe scandal.
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Diario Libre
El Caribe
12 February 2018
