On Friday, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) confirmed that the parties holding primaries to be coordinated by the JCE would see deductions of 40% in their government-assigned funds. The JCE announced the ruling for the primaries is now available. The funds would be used for the organization of the primaries. So far only the ruling PLD and the opposition leader PRM have said they will carry out the primaries.
Art. 61 of the Political Parties Law 33-18 establishes that 80% of the RD$1.5 billion the parties would be assigned to the political parties receiving more than 5% of the vote in the 2016 general elections, namely the Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana (PLD), Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM), Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) and Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), each receiving RD$301.4. The law establishes these funds are subject to audit by the Chamber of Accounts.
The same law establishes that 12% of the resources be distributed in equal parts to political parties receiving 1-4.9% of the vote, namely the Partido Alianza País (ALPAIS), Partido Humanista Dominicano (PHD), Partido Movimiento Democrático Alternativo (MODA) and Bloque Institucional Social Demócrata (BIS), with each receiving RD$45,208,007. Parties obtaining less than 1% will receive the remaining 8% of the funds, or RD$6,683,382 each.
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8 April 2019