PLD presidential pre-candidate Francisco Domínguez Brito went on record requesting that the ruling PLD party remove San Juan de la Maguana senator Félix Bautista from his position as secretary of organization of the party. Domínguez Brito is also requesting that former Public Works Minister Víctor Díaz Rúa be removed from his post as secretary of finances of the party. Díaz Rúa had requested a license from the responsibility.
Domínguez Brito made the request after the US Treasury announced sanctions to the senator. He said the Political Committee of the PLD should be convened to replace the two men from the key positions in the party.
“It is not possible that engineer Víctor Díaz, who has been accused on multiple occasions with sufficient evidence, continue to administer the funds contributed by the state to the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Díaz cannot be the secretary of finance of the PLD, as of this date, given even the funds of the Central Electoral Board are frozen. It really is a shame the situation we are in”.
In regards to Senator Bautista, Domínguez said: “He cannot continue to be secretary of organization, one of the most important positions that our party has, because it is the one that must recruit young people to our organization. How can a person involved in so many scandals and in this case pursued internationally, with immobilization of funds and other measures, be responsible for managing all the political structures within our party? Enough is enough, there must be consequences. The change begins in us, and in the courage to make decisions that are clearly unpostponable¨.
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El Caribe
13 June 2018
