Deputy Demóstenes Martínez joined several Dominican Liberation Party members who announced on Monday they are resigning to follow former President Leonel Fernández. Fernández had announced he was resigning from the party after a 46-year long membership.
Demóstenes Martínez had been elected in the PLD primary on 6 October 2019 to run for deputy in the congressional election in May 2020. In his letter to Reinaldo Pared Pérez, secretary-general of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Martínez requested that his candidacy not be registered before the electoral agency. Martínez said the candidacy was won in an election plagued with irregularities.
According to an agreement signed between former President Leonel Fernández and President Danilo Medina in August 2019, Martínez should have been named to preside over the Chamber of Deputies. Medina did not honor the agreement and his followers in the Chamber of Deputies voted instead to reelect Radhamés Camacho, a strong Medina supporter.
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Listin Diario
22 October 2019