The trending political phrase is “new blood.” It was used by President Danilo Medina when speaking to the nation to announce he would not seek a third term in the 2020 general election. Medina said it was time for new blood. “I, therefore, trust that we will witness a clean campaign based on proposals and that it injects new blood into political life,” said Medina when announcing he would not run in 2020.
Memes have been many, social media commentary more. In an editorial on 30 July 2019, managing editor Ines Aizpún writes about the interpretations given to the term. “Is Leonel and his team new blood?,” she writes. “Definitely, no.” She then asks: “Are the other PLD pre-candidates? They are new pre-candidates, but clearly… they are not new blood.”
She wonders out loud whether “new blood” means young people. “Not always. New is better when it is good; it is not good only because it is new,” she continues.
She asks more questions. “By new blood is it understood an end to the PLD cycle in politics? Is the opposition new blood? Would someone outside the party be new blood when the PLD promotes the person? Or the PRM?
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Diario Libre
31 August 2019