The delegate of the ruling PLD party to the Central Electoral Board (JCE), José Ramon Fadul said that the PLD has not fixed its position regarding the incorporation into the Political Parties Bill of obligations for the JCE to organize the primaries of the political parties, and that the primaries be held simultaneously, and other key issues.
The Political Parties Bill has stagnated in Congress as the political parties attempt to accommodate the articles to their particular situations. The dissident faction within the PLD that follows party president Leonel Fernández does not back the position maintained by the opposition parties PRM and PRSC. This position has been also backed by the Danilo Medina faction of the PLD.
Former Superior Electoral Tribunal judge, Jose Manuel Hernández Peguero has also spoken up saying the proposal for the JCE to organize the primary of each party would violate the Constitution.
19 July 2018
