2019News

Revolt inside the PRD for cancellation of primaries

D Dolores Vicioso
Posted onApr 2, 2019 at 10:11 AM
Updated onUpdated on Apr 2, 2019 at 2:07 PM

Leaders of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), a strong ally to the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) party, rejected the announcement by party president, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado that the party would not be participating in open primaries to choose their presidential candidate. Party dissident Guido Gómez Mazara said: “It is an act of winning ways with the President of the Republic and his attempt to perpetuate himself in power,” said Gómez Mazara.

PRD secretary general Tony Peña Guaba said that by not holding primaries the PRD is only leaving itself the option of forming another alliance with the ruling PLD.

The PRD announced that it would not participate in the primaries that will take place on 6 October 2019 to choose the candidates for the 2020 May presidential election.

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2 April 2019