Minister of Environment Francisco Dominguez Brito announced he will seek the PLD nomination for president for the 2020 election. “I will be honored to continue to work carried out by President Danilo Medina and the PLD governments,” he said. In 2012 he also aspired to the Presidency, losing out to President Medina.
Others that have expressed their interest in running on the ruling PLD party ticket are former President Leonel Fernandez, Minister of Education Andres Navarro and Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo. Navarro and Castillo have the open backing of President Danilo Medina. The 2015 Constitution, that includes an amendment that allowed Medina to seek reelection in the 2016 general election, bans Medina from running for President again.
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Listin Diario
19 February 2018
