Domingo Contreras will compete against former National District Roberto Salcedo for the PLD candidacy for mayor in the National District. Both registered their pre-candidacies at the deadline for legislative and municipal hopefuls.
In the 2016 general election, Roberto Salcedo defeated Domingo Contreras for the PLD candidacy to mayor of the National District. Salcedo then lost to David Collado who ran for the PRM party in the general election. The PRM has said Collado is most likely to be their candidate again in the 2020 municipal election.
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) opens the campaign for the PLD pre-candidates on Sunday, 7 July 2019. The party candidates for the PLD will be chosen in the 6 October 2019 primary.
In the same race, Carlos Castillo, Dominican consul in New York, flew in to register his pre-candidacy for San José de Ocoa province. Entertainment stars Bolivar Valera (El Boli), Santiago Matías (Alofoke) and Aquiles Correa submitted their pre-candidacies to deputy positions for the ruling party.
Infamous senator for San Juan de la Maguana, Felix Bautista, also registered his pre-candidacy to repeat as the senator for the province. He is opposed in the party by Lucia Medina, the deputy who is President Medina’s sister and who now aspires to be the senator for the province. Bautista was named one of the most corrupt persons in the world by Transparency International. His visa was removed as part of the Global Magnitsky Act of the US government.
Another PLD pre-candidate who made headlines when registering was Donni Santana, who is being tried for the sexual abuse of his stepdaughter.
San Cristobal senator Tommy Galán seeks to be reelected in the position. He is being tried in the Odebrecht bribes corruption case.
As reported, 6,952 pre-candidacies were registered to councilors, deputies, senators, mayors and city government officer positions by ruling PLD party members. The party expects the number to increase to around 7,000 when the reserved positions are added to the final list of aspirants to elective positions in the country’s 31 provinces and the National District, and the 158 municipalities nationwide.
In 2020, the municipal elections will take place on 16 February, while the legislative and presidential election is scheduled for 17 May. The primaries for the two opposition political parties, the PLD and the PRM, are scheduled for 6 October 2019.
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