Former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch has assured on 8 May 2018 that the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM) has acted with institutional sensibility and conviction when the PRM convention ratified on Monday, 7 May 2018, its support for simultaneous closed primaries in the proposed Political Parties Bill.
In a note sent to Diario Libre, Ortiz Bosch said that the party would have a united front among its legislators when the bill is presented again today in the Chamber of Deputies.
She explained the reasons why the party appeared to change its position on the bill, following the mixed messages emanating from Hipolito Mejia. She said that when they were part of the PRD they defended primaries with candidates being chosen simultaneously and open voting registers and with the supervision of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), but she said that since 2012, the PLD has become an electoral and political instrument to favor their own party and that the political landscape has shifted.
The PRM has said they would vote for the bill to go to a special commission where it would be studied prior to the bill returning to the floor for the vote.
The Chamber of Deputies is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 to continue the discussions on the bill.
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Diario Libre
9 May 2018
