Vice President Margarita Cedeño was not present for the first official visit of Luis Abinader and Raquel Peña to the Presidential Palace as President-elect and Vice President-elect. N Digital news service commented that the situation was “strange” and contrary to protocol. Cedeño was running for a third term as Vice President on the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) ticket with Gonzalo Castillo.
On Wednesday, 8 July 2020, the PRM transition commission visited the Presidential Palace accepting an invitation from the Medina administration. Abinader and his commission were met at the Presidential Palace by Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo; Administrative Minister José Ramón Peralta, legal advisor to the President Flavio Darío Espinal.
Vice President Margarita Cedeño said she will meet Thursday with Vice President-elect Raquel Peña at 11am at the Presidential Palace. The transition will be organized and transparent, “with the harmony and coherence that characterizes me,” she tweeted.
Raquel Peña would be the third woman Vice President of the Dominican Republic. The first in Dominican history was Milagros Ortiz Bosch, in the government of Hipólito Mejía (2000-2004); then today Vice President Margarita Cedeño during the governments of Danilo Medina (2012-2016 and 2016-2020). Peña was elected to be Vice President for the next four years beginning 16 August 2020.
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Listin Diario
9 July 2020