According to a new poll by Gallup-Hoy, 68.3% disapprove while 29.4% approve modifying the Constitution so that President Danilo Medina could be the candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party for the 2020 elections. The constitution had already been amended to allow for President Danilo Medina to seek re-election in 2016.
Looking at the figures by party sympathizers, of those who support the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM), 89.4% disapprove. 82.8% of the sympathizers for the Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC) are also against the amendment. Even those who support the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), whose legislators were key to the vote in 2015 that enabled the change of the constitution so that Medina could run for re-election, said that 79.6% of them disapprove a new amendment.
According to the poll, the ruling PLD party sympathizers are divided with 55% approving constitutional reform and 42% against. The vote reflects the differences between incumbent President Medina and former President Leonel Fernández who aspires to be on the PLD ticket for the 2020 presidential election.
When asked about their feelings on the 15 years the PLD has been in power, 58.4% said that the best thing for the country is a change of government to another party. 34.8% believes the PLD should continue in power.
The Gallup poll was undertaken from 25-29 April 2019 with 1,200 participants, and a margin of error of +/- 2.8%.
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Huchi Lora – El Dia
7 May 2019