The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the government organization in charge of organizing the 2020 general election, says that those who vote in the simultaneous primaries on 6 October 2019 should not vote in events of other parties to choose their candidates. Julio César Castaños Guzmán, president of the JCE, said this is established in the ruling for the celebration of the primaries. He made the observation when participating in a breakfast at the Listin Diario.
The ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the largest opposition party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRM) agreed to participate in simultaneous primaries on 6 October 2019. Other parties have until 27 October to choose candidates to elective positions by polling, assemblies, national conventions or other authorized methods.
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Listin Diario
6 August 2019